solicitressn.
/səˈlɪsᵻtrᵻs/, /səˌlɪsᵻˈtrɛs/, U.S. /səˈlɪsətrəs/ ? Obsolete.figurative.1710 Ld. Shaftesbury Soliloquy 154 They are very powerful Sollicitresses. They never seem to importune us; tho they are ever in our Eye.
1. A female who solicits or prefers requests.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > request > one who requests > [noun] > female
oratrice1432
oratrixa1469
oratress1587
invitress1617
solicitress1631
solicitrix1637
suitress1691
1631 J. Mabbe tr. F. de Rojas Spanish Bawd x. 117 I know not..whether thou art now comming with that Solicitresse of my safety?
1655 Ld. Orrery Parthenissa IV. ii. viii. 782 To disoblige his pretended Solicitress.
1788 C. Smith Emmeline III. viii. 180 She prepared to become a solicitress for favours to a statesman.
2. A female who entices to immorality.
ΘΚΠ
society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > prostitution > [noun] > soliciting > woman who
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solicitress1634
1634 W. Tirwhyt tr. J. L. G. de Balzac Lett. 270 Yet am I credibly informed, that..she is turned Solicitresse to entice others to vice.
a1639 W. Whately Prototypes (1640) iii. xxxix. 9 If we consider..the person of his solicitresse,..how great a patterne is he of invincible purity.
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