mediatrix

American  

[mee-dee-ey-triks] / ˌmi diˈeɪ trɪks /

Also mediatress,

noun

plural

mediatrices, mediatrixes

1. a woman who mediates, especially between parties at variance.

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Usage

What does mediatrix mean? Mediatrix is a term for a female mediator—a woman who mediates or helps to settle a dispute or create agreement when there is conflict between two or more people or groups by acting as an intermediary or go-between for those parties. Another word for mediatrix is mediatress. Usually, the gender-neutral term mediator is used. The plural of mediatrix can be mediatrices or mediatrixes. A mediatrix acts as an impartial third party to guide the communication between the conflicting parties. Although the word mediator can be used in informal situations, mediatrix is typically used in formal ones, such as the mediation of a labor dispute between a company and its striking employees or the mediation of a divorce. Example: She was a world-class mediatrix who was brought in to mediate the toughest negotiations.

Gender

See -ess, -trix.

Etymology

Origin of mediatrix

1425–75; late Middle English < Late Latin mediātrīx, feminine of mediātor mediator; see -trix

Example Sentences

Mexican and Canadian bishops are believed to be ready to lobby for a dogma of the church�that Mary the mother of Christ is the mediatrix of all God's grace to man.

From Time Magazine Archive

She obligingly consented to act as mediatrix in the matter.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

Then came the mother's death, which, besides the simplicity of its own overwhelming sorrow, brought with it the loss of the kind, tender mediatrix, who could always soften and turn his father's heart.

From Wives and Daughters by Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn

Poetry followed the race into exile, and clave to it through all vicissitudes, its solacement in suffering, the holy mediatrix between its past and future.

From Jewish Literature and Other Essays by Karpeles, Gustav

"Oh, madame, I fear that I shall never be able to rescue this accursed city, and, I implore you, be my mediatrix with his majesty."

From Prince Eugene and His Times by Mühlbach, L. (Luise)