administratrix

American  

[ad-min-uh-strey-triks, ad-min-uh-, ad-min-uh-strey-] / ædˌmɪn əˈstreɪ trɪks, ˌæd mɪn ə-, ædˈmɪn əˌstreɪ- /

noun

Law.

plural

administratrices

1. a woman who is an administrator.

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Gender

What's the difference between administratrix and administrator? See -trix.

Etymology

Origin of administratrix

First recorded in 1620–30; from Medieval Latin administrātrix, feminine of administrator; -trix

Example Sentences

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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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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Then Mr. Forrester told me that mamma must positively leave the house in which we were then residing, to avoid being made, as he said, "administratrix in her own wrong," and put to great annoyance, and seeing any little fund that relations might place at her disposal wasted in expenses and possible litigation.

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