What does "executrix" mean?

A female executor; a woman appointed to execute a will.

What is a synonym for "executrix"?

Common synonyms include: actor, agent, ancestors, apprentice, architect, artist.

Pronounced //ɪɡˈzɛkjətɹɪks//.

/ɪɡˈzɛkjətɹɪks/ noun

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Noun

1
A female executor; a woman appointed to execute a will.
"‘That would be difficult, you know, Chettam, as she is an executrix, and she likes to go into these things—property, land, that kind of thing.’"
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a woman executor wordnet

"‘That would be difficult, you know, Chettam, as she is an executrix, and she likes to go into these things—property, land, that kind of thing.’"

From Middle English executrice, executrix, from Anglo-Norman and Medieval Latin execūtrīx. By surface analysis, execute + -trix.