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institutrix

institutrix noun: a female institutor.

Noun

institutrix (plural institutrices)

  1. (archaic) A female institutor.

Forms of institutrix

pluralinstitutrices

Origin of institutrix

Learned borrowing from Latin institūtrīx. By surface analysis, institutor + -trix.

Questions about institutrix

What does institutrix mean?
Institutrix means a female institutor.
What part of speech is institutrix?
Institutrix is a noun.
What is the plural of institutrix?
The plural of institutrix is institutrices.

Words near institutrix in the dictionary

  1. institutor
  2. institutors
  3. institutress
  4. institutresses
  5. institutrices
  6. institutrix
  7. instly
  8. instmt.
  9. instmts.
  10. insto
  11. instop

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