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correctrix

correctrix noun: a woman or girl who corrects; a female corrector.

Noun

correctrix (plural correctrices)

  1. A woman or girl who corrects; a female corrector.
    • Inside the castle is a rankery, a real one. And rankery is the right word, don’t go thinking the correctrix got it wrong. You know full well that no correctrix has proofed my dad’s book.2000, The Fat Princess: A Story for Grown-Ups, page 121
    Synonyms:
    correctress

Synonyms of correctrix

Forms of correctrix

pluralcorrectrices

Origin of correctrix

Learned borrowing from Latin corrēctrīx. By surface analysis, correct + -trix.

Questions about correctrix

What does correctrix mean?
Correctrix means a woman or girl who corrects; a female corrector.
What part of speech is correctrix?
Correctrix is a noun.
What is the plural of correctrix?
The plural of correctrix is correctrices.

Words near correctrix in the dictionary

  1. correctory
  2. correctour
  3. correctours
  4. correctress
  5. correctresses
  6. correctrix
  7. corrects
  8. correctthink
  9. Corredor
  10. Corredors
  11. correfoc

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