decoratrix
decoratrix noun: a female decorator.
Noun
decoratrix (plural not attested)
- A female decorator.
- Even the experienced housekeeper, who had been tirewoman to a duchess in her young days, and who shared the office of decoratrix with Jennings and the French maid, Mademoiselle Coralie, newly hired to supplement Jennings in her duties, and be hated accordingly by that waiting damsel—even the...1864, Chamber's Journal, page 456
- As female house painters are now being employed at Copenhagen, it is appropriate that the “Moniteur de la Peinture” should depict the decorator—or decoratrix—of the future in the accompanying clever little sketch.1914, The Oil & Colour Trades Journal, volume 45, page 69
- Synonyms:
- decoratress
Synonyms of decoratrix
Origin of decoratrix
From Latin decoratrix, equivalent to decorate + -trix.
Questions about decoratrix
- What does decoratrix mean?
- Decoratrix means a female decorator.
- What part of speech is decoratrix?
- Decoratrix is a noun.
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