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editrix

editrix noun: a female editor.

Noun

editrix (plural editrices or editrixes)

  1. (uncommon) A female editor.
    • Katherine Viner wants to appoints a "1 per cent correspondent" to hound the filthy rich. As befits a possible Grauniad editrix, the NUJ misspelt her name.2015 February 24, Patrick Kidd, “Guardian Angels Declare”, in The Times, page 11
    • There is a mythos surrounding the 73-year-old editrix [Anna Wintour] that inspires deference akin to that given to royalty.2023 September 23, Lauren Indvik, “God is in the details”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 3
    Synonyms:
    editress

Synonyms of editrix

Forms of editrix

pluraleditrices
pluraleditrixes

Origin of editrix

Learned borrowing from Latin ēditrīx. By surface analysis, edit + -trix.

Questions about editrix

What does editrix mean?
Editrix means a female editor.
What part of speech is editrix?
Editrix is a noun.
What is the plural of editrix?
The plural of editrix is editrices.

Words near editrix in the dictionary

  1. editour
  2. editours
  3. editress
  4. editresses
  5. editrices
  6. editrix
  7. editrixes
  8. edits
  9. edits in
  10. edits out
  11. editted

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