administratrix

English

Etymology

From New Latin administrātrīx.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ædˌmɪnɪsˈtɹeɪˌtɹɪks/

Noun

administratrix (plural administratrices or administratrixes)

1. A female administrator. [from 16th c.]

   Synonyms: administratress, administress

   • 1790, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France, Oxford, published 2009, page 24:

     The Princess Sophia was named in the act of settlement […] not for her merits as a temporary administratrix of a power, which she might not, and in fact did not, herself ever exercise.

Derived terms

• administratrixship

Related terms

• administer, administrative