Correctrix

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A woman or girl who corrects; a female corrector.

    "Inside the castle is a rankery, a real one. And rankery is the right word, don’t go thinking the correctrix got it wrong. You know full well that no correctrix has proofed my dad’s book."

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correctress

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"Inside the castle is a rankery, a real one. And rankery is the right word, don’t go thinking the correctrix got it wrong. You know full well that no correctrix has proofed my dad’s book."

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin corrēctrīx. By surface analysis, correct + -trix.

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