evocatrix

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin ēvocātrīx. By surface analysis, evocate +‎ -trix.

Noun

evocatrix

  1. (dated) A female evocator.
    • 1920, The Woman Citizen, volume 5, page 14:
      She sees the woman knitter as “the evocatrix of war.” She quotes a convalescent officer of England as raving at women for sending men into battle.

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