testatrix
Americannoun
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testatrices
plural
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a woman who makes a will.
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a woman who has died leaving a valid will.
Gender
See -trix.
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Etymology
Origin of testatrix
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The intelligent benevolence of the testatrix named the sum that should be taken for each of these encouragements.
From The Village Rector by Katharine Prescott Wormeley
When Ruth came to the word "testatrix," Sally stopped her.
From Ruth by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
"My explanation, my lord, is that the testatrix had often expressed to me her intention to leave me £5,000, and I wrote the codicil which was destroyed to carry out her wishes."
From The Reminiscences of Sir Henry Hawkins (Baron Brampton) by Henry Hawkins, Baron Brampton
A woman making a will is called a testatrix.
From Business Hints for Men and Women by Alfred Rochefort Calhoun
They will be long, long worn in memory of the dear testatrix.
From Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 9 by Samuel Richardson
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