solicitress

English

Etymology

From solicitor +‎ -ess.

Noun

solicitress (plural solicitresses)

1. (archaic) A woman who solicits; a seductress or whore.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Carlyle to this entry?)

References

• “solicitress”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.