administratrix

English

Etymology

From New Latin administrātrīx. By surface analysis, administrator +‎ -trix.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ədˌmɪnɪˈstɹeɪ(ˌ)tɹɪks/, /æd-/

Noun

administratrix (plural administratrices or administratrixes)

  1. A female administrator. [from 16th c.]
    Synonyms: administratress, administress
    • 1790, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France, Oxford, published 2009, page 24:
      The Princess Sophia was named in the act of settlement […] not for her merits as a temporary administratrix of a power, which she might not, and in fact did not, herself ever exercise.

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