propugnatrix

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

prōpugnātrix, īcis, f. [propugnator],

she that defends , a protectress : PROPVGNATRIX MEORVM PERICVLORVM, Inscr. Marin. Iscriz. Alb. p. 136.