administratrix
Americannoun
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; see -trix
Example Sentences
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Since Colonel Green's widow could find no executed will, she sent to Texas a lawyer who asked for her appointment as administratrix of the estate at a $1,000,000 fee.
From Time Magazine Archive
And, with Aunt Winnie as administratrix of Captain Carleton’s pension “there isn’t a dacinter-looking 328 boy in the college,” as Mrs. Mulligan stoutly declares.
From Killykinick by Waggaman, Mary T. (Mary Theresa)
He managed to put this off till his death, after which his widow and administratrix was sued for dilapidations.
From The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Sterne, Laurence
Munson, Rockford, Ill., administratrix of the estate of Wm.
Early in 1601 Langley died; and in January, 1602, his widow, as administratrix, sold the Manor of Paris Garden, including the Swan Playhouse, to Hugh Browker, a prothonotary of the Court of177 Common Pleas.
From Shakespearean Playhouses A History of English Theatres from the Beginnings to the Restoration by Adams, Joseph Quincy
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