Commentatrix

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Female equivalent of commentator. feminine, form-of, no-plural

    "Well! Having thus luckily got rid of one, to whose Strength or Truth I was on the Verge of yielding, I return to my Office of Commentatrix. You muſt know, Dear Harriot, that this laſt crabbed Word ſticks in my Throat. I am not ſure that the Word Commentator may be changed like Executor; and I dare not ask for fear of betraying myſelf. I hope D—ds—y will look to theſe literal Errors, he being the only one of the Trade I can venture to truſt."

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commentatress

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"Well! Having thus luckily got rid of one, to whose Strength or Truth I was on the Verge of yielding, I return to my Office of Commentatrix. You muſt know, Dear Harriot, that this laſt crabbed Word ſticks in my Throat. I am not ſure that the Word Commentator may be changed like Executor; and I dare not ask for fear of betraying myſelf. I hope D—ds—y will look to theſe literal Errors, he being the only one of the Trade I can venture to truſt."

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin commentātrīx. By surface analysis, commentator + -trix.

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