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.
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of testatrix
Example Sentences
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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
A woman making a will is called a testatrix.
From Business Hints for Men and Women by Alfred Rochefort Calhoun
When Ruth came to the word "testatrix," Sally stopped her.
From Ruth by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
Now that would be acting in direct opposition to the express and formal wish of the testatrix.
From Major Frank by James Akeroyd
But the testatrix in the case at bar has left nothing to construction.
From History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III by Elizabeth Cady Stanton
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