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aviatrix

American  
[ay-vee-ay-triks] / ˌeɪ viˈeɪ trɪks /
Also aviatress,

noun

  • aviatrices
    plural
  1. a woman who is a pilot; aviator.


Gender

What's the difference between aviatrix and aviator? See -trix.

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms


Etymology

Origin of aviatrix

First recorded in 1925–30; aviat(or) + -trix


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And according to Sammie Morris, archivist of the Earhart collection at Purdue University, they will cast the aviatrix in a new light.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 14, 2021

The special “Amelia Earhart: The Lost Evidence” revisits the still-fascinating 1937 disappearance of the legendary aviatrix.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2017

On this date in 1929, Lady Mary Heath, British aviatrix, stopped in Yuma during her aerial tour of the United States.

From Washington Times ● May 24, 2017

I see Lady Edith becoming a barnstorming aviatrix, but perhaps that’s for Season 4.

From Slate ● Feb. 21, 2012

“Well, now, I’ll just put the finishing touch on the engine and then I’ll be ready,” said the aviatrix, who had introduced herself as Ruth Moore.

From The Motor Girls in the Mountains or, The Gypsy Girl's Secret by Margaret Penrose

Dared the Commission flout the honest aviatrices of France ?

From Time Magazine Archive

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