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executrix

[ ig-zek-yuh-triks ]

noun

, Law.
, plural ex·ec·u·tri·ces [ig-zek-y, uh, -, trahy, -seez], ex·ec·u·trix·es.
  1. a woman named in a decedent's will to carry out the provisions of that will.


executrix

/ ɪɡˈzɛkjʊtrɪks /

noun

  1. law a female executor Gender-neutral formexecutor
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Gender Note

See -trix.
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Word History and Origins

Origin of executrix1

1350–1400; Middle English < Late Latin execūtrīx; executor, -trix
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Example Sentences

Young, clean-shaven, tie knotted at his throat, he even helpfully spelled the word executrix for me.

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"You must be appointed by a judge as the executor, executrix, administrator or whatever the appropriate title is."

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Cate, meanwhile, became executrix of her mother’s estate and president of the Elizabeth Edwards Foundation, which she helped create, and it seemed clear she was her mother’s daughter.

Pennell, Whistler's executrix was denied an injunction to prevent the use of biographical information obtained from the receivers of letters.

He died about two years afterwards, but left his aunt, Mrs. Palmer, sole executrix of his property, and commended his children to her care.

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