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administratrix

[ ad-min-uh-strey-triks, ad-min-uh-, ad-min-uh-strey- ]

noun

Law.
plural administratrices
  1. a woman who is an administrator.


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Gender Note

What's the difference between administratrix and administrator? See -trix.
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of administratrix1

First recorded in 1620–30; from Medieval Latin ²¹»å³¾¾±²Ô¾±²õ³Ù°ùÄå³Ù°ù¾±³æ, feminine of administrator; -trix
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Example Sentences

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He managed to put this off till his death, after which his widow and administratrix was sued for dilapidations.

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Setting aside the qualities of the woman, let us gratefully acknowledge that Lola Montez, on a small stage and for a brief period, proved herself an able and humane administratrix and a staunch friend to liberty.

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Aunt Clay married and lived there and somehow got hold of grandfather and made him appoint her administratrix and executrix to his estate.

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The will was originally propounded by Woolner, who afterwards committed suicide, and his sister, Mrs. Gilbert, now applied for probate, as his administratrix, which was, in the first instance, opposed by Mrs. Hammond, a cousin-german and one of the next-of-kin of the deceased, but she died during the pendency of the suit, and her husband subsequently took up the case. 

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Mon cher Luis,—Since my letter, accompanying the copy of my lamented husband’s will, I find that my duties as administratrix will detain us in Saint Louis a week longer than I had anticipated.

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