noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A female curator, guardian, or custodian dated
2. 2
   A female who cures. obsolete

   "the curatrix of diseases"

Synonyms

All synonyms

curatresscuratress

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin cūrātrīx. By surface analysis, curator + -trix.

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