Administratrix

//ədˌmɪnɪˈstɹeɪ(ˌ)tɹɪks// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A female administrator.

    "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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administratressadministress

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"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."

Etymology

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

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