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actrix

noun

Etymology

From Latin āctrīx (“female plaintiff”). By surface analysis, actor + -trix. Doublet of actrice.

  1. borrowed from āctrīx — “female plaintiff”

Definitions

  1. A female plaintiff.

    • Wife Elizabeth, whole estate, including gold, silver, jewels, etc., and to be executrix and “universal actrix,” to bring up the children until they will be fit for trades.
    • Thirdly, the actrix in her own testimony did not so much allege ignorance but rather showed that she abhorred the notion of sexual relations and had a positive will opposed to its fulfillment.
    • Compare Marrays c. Rowcliff where the annotator has written the age of the actrix in the margin every time a witness answered the question about her age, […]

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