advoutress

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noun

An adulteress.

OriginMiddle English advowteresse →
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Meanings

nounadvoutress (plural advoutresses)

plural advoutresses

  1. obsoleteAn adulteress.

    Edward the Second of England, his queen, had the principal hand in the deposing and murder of her husband. This kind of danger, is then to be feared chiefly, when the wives have plots, for the raising of their own children; or else that they be advoutresses.

    c. 1612, Francis Bacon, "Of Empire" in The Philosophical Works of Francis Bacon (2013 edition), p. 758 (Google preview)

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
adulteress

Origin

  1. Middle Englishadvowteresse
  2. Englishadvoutress

From Middle English advowteresse, avouteres, avoutresse, avowtres, avowtresse, from Old French; equivalent to advoutrer + -ess.

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APA

advoutress. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/advoutress

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“advoutress.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/advoutress. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “advoutress,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/advoutress.

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