Actrix

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A female plaintiff. no-plural, rare

    "Wife Elizabeth, whole estate, including gold, silver, jewels, etc., and to be executrix and “universal actrix,” to bring up the children until they will be fit for trades."

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"Wife Elizabeth, whole estate, including gold, silver, jewels, etc., and to be executrix and “universal actrix,” to bring up the children until they will be fit for trades."

Etymology

From Latin āctrīx (“female plaintiff”). By surface analysis, actor + -trix. Doublet of actrice.

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