heritrix
heritrix noun: a female heritor.
Noun
heritrix (plural heritrices or heritrixes)
- A female heritor.
- They got also Lufnes by marieng the heritrix theirof Riccartoun.[…]The Lairds of Glenbervie are not the oldest Douglasses as some say, but a cadet of Angus maried the heritrix theirof, they being then Melvils verie old in that name, and the powerfullest in all the Mearnes.[…]He was a cadet of...1665–1676, Journals of Sir John Lauder, Lord Fountainhall, with His Observations on Public Affairs and Other Memoranda, 1665-1676, published 1900, pages 203, 208, and 211
- It is the concealment and loſſe of three moſt notable in Heritrices, that were married vnto three of theſe Ferrarian Earles.1723, Rafe Brooke, A Second Discouerie of Errours Published in the Much-Commended Britannia, 1594. Very preiudiciall to the Discentes and Successions of the aunciente Nobilitie of this Realme. With a...
Examples of heritrix in a sentence
- Seeing thoſe that ſtand up for a Right to Heritors do alſo allow of Heritrixes their voting in the Affair, it is ridiculous in them to ſtart any ſuch Objection.1727, Jus populi divinum, or The People’s Right to elect their Pastors; […], Edinburgh: […] William Brown […], page 126:
- As, Whether, by Heritors, they intend Heritrixes alſo?1732, The Overture considered; or, Queries Anent the Assembly’s Overture, Concerning the Method of planting vacant Churches, transmitted to...
Synonyms of heritrix
Forms of heritrix
| plural | heritrices |
|---|---|
| plural | heritrixes |
| alternative form | heretrice |
| alternative form | heretrix |
Origin of heritrix
From heritor, formed in imitation of female equivalents in -trix. By surface analysis, herit + -trix.
Questions about heritrix
- What does heritrix mean?
- Heritrix means a female heritor.
- How do you use heritrix in a sentence?
- Seeing thoſe that ſtand up for a Right to Heritors do alſo allow of Heritrixes their voting in the Affair, it is ridiculous in them to ſtart any ſuch Objection.
- What part of speech is heritrix?
- Heritrix is a noun.
- What is the plural of heritrix?
- The plural of heritrix is heritrices.
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