administratrix

American  

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

noun

Law.

• administratrices
  plural

1. a woman who is an administrator.

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Gender

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

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• administratrices
  plural

Etymology

Origin of administratrix

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

Example Sentences

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administratrix

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

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

From Molly Brown's Post-Graduate Days by Nell Speed

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 Joseph Quincy Adams

Then there were twenty thousand dollars in stock of the County Bank, the interest of which Mrs. Allen had drawn since the death of her husband, regularly, as administratrix of the estate.

From The Allen House by T. S. (Timothy Shay) Arthur

He had leased "for many years" from Anne Beddingfield, "wife and administratrix of the goods and chattles of Christopher Beddingfield, deceased," a small plot of land, known by the name of "The Red Bull."

From Shakespearean Playhouses A History of English Theatres from the Beginnings to the Restoration by Joseph Quincy Adams