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conspiratrix

conspiratrix noun: a female conspirator.

Noun

conspiratrix (plural conspiratrices)

  1. A female conspirator.
    • “That most impious conspiratrix, the countess of Buchan [Isabella MacDuff] being likewise apprehended, the king commanded that, since she had not used the sword, her life should be spared; but, in regard of her illegal conspiracy, she should be confined in a building constructed of stone and...1811, Robert Kerr, “Transactions in Scotland, from the Retreat of Robert I. to Rachrin, in Winter 1306, to his Return in Spring 1307”, in History of Scotland During the Reign of Robert I. Sirnamed...
    • The soldier of fortune, with whom Queen Christina, when they were both in exile, conspired to overturn the comparatively quiet and decorous rule of [Baldomero] Espartero’s Regency, has since that undergone vicissitudes that illustrate the condition of his country: his arbitrary insolence made his...1846 November 14, “News of the Week”, in The Spectator. A Weekly Journal of News, Politics, Literature, and Science., volume XIX, number 959, London: […] Joseph Clayton, […], page 1081, column 2
    Synonyms:
    conspiratress

Examples of conspiratrix in a sentence

  • John at Dalkeith: “we all hold her to be unworthy of credence—a false speaker—an unmaidenly person—a convicted conspiratrix⸺”1857, George W[illiam] M[acArthur] Reynolds, “The Synod”, in Margaret; or, The Discarded Queen, London: John Dicks, […], published [1870?]...
  • “The chief, I fancy, did not take certain facts into his calculation when he pleaded that the conspiratrix was the sum and completion of the conspirator.[…]”1866 March 1, George Meredith, “Vittoria”, in George Henry Lewes, editor, The Fortnightly Review, volume IV, number XX, London: Chapman and...
  • But he wasn’t half so tall as Laërtes at the theatre, after all!” the other sapient young conspiratrix replied.1868, [Emma Robinson], “The Climax of the Thé Dansant”, in The Matrimonial Vanity Fair, volume II, London: Charles J[oseph] Skeet, […]...

Synonyms of conspiratrix

Forms of conspiratrix

pluralconspiratrices

Questions about conspiratrix

What does conspiratrix mean?
Conspiratrix means a female conspirator.
How do you use conspiratrix in a sentence?
John at Dalkeith: “we all hold her to be unworthy of credence—a false speaker—an unmaidenly person—a convicted conspiratrix⸺”
What part of speech is conspiratrix?
Conspiratrix is a noun.
What is the plural of conspiratrix?
The plural of conspiratrix is conspiratrices.

Words near conspiratrix in the dictionary

  1. conspiratour
  2. conspiratours
  3. conspiratress
  4. conspiratresses
  5. conspiratrices
  6. conspiratrix
  7. conspire
  8. conspired
  9. conspirer
  10. conspirers
  11. conspires

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