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doctrix

noun

Etymology

From Middle English doctrice, from Latin doctrīx (“a female teacher”), feminine form of doctor (“a teacher”). The "female physician" sense is from the English doctor (which is from the Latin doctor) medical sense, analyzed as a feminine form of the English word. By surface analysis, doc(tor) + -trix.

  1. derived from doctrīx — “a female teacher”
  2. inherited from doctrice

Definitions

  1. A female doctor, chiefly a physician.

  2. A female teacher.

    • Alice Driuer martyr. This was the doctrix of the forſaid weauer, who was ſo malepart and contumelious before the iudges, as firſt her eares were cutt of, for callinge Q. Mary Iezabell.
    • Other items in the account are payments made to the Doctrix of the school, drink-money for the tailor’s men, sequins for head-suits, and a “baberick” or baldric (i.e., a chain for the neck).

  3. The title of a female doctor, chiefly a physician.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. A protagonist of the television series Doctor Who (called the Doctor) who is female.

      • > : Clavicle Squad deserve a mention, too. > > Oh? I'm partial to female clavicles. Then perhaps you can write stories about the Doctrixes... ;D

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA