joculatrix
joculatrix noun: a female joculator; a female jester, comedian or entertainer.
Noun
joculatrix (plural joculatrices)
- A female joculator; a female jester, comedian or entertainer.
- Joculator Regis is an officer holding no less than three vills in the return of the Domesday Survey for Gloucestershire; and in the same survey, in Surrey, we have a Joculatrix.1839, G. Long (ed), The Penny Cyclopædia, page 250
- He had heard that in far-away France the motley was not confined to men. Had not Jeanne, queen of Charles I, possessed her jestress, Artaude de Puy, "folle to our dear companion," as said the king? Had not Madame d'Or, wearer of the bells, kept the nobles laughing? Had not the haughty, eccentric...1903, Frederic Stewart Isham, Under the Rose
- Synonyms:
- joculator
Synonyms of joculatrix
Forms of joculatrix
| plural | joculatrices |
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Origin of joculatrix
From Latin ioculātrīx. By surface analysis, joculator + -trix.
Questions about joculatrix
- What does joculatrix mean?
- Joculatrix means a female joculator; a female jester, comedian or entertainer.
- What part of speech is joculatrix?
- Joculatrix is a noun.
- What is the plural of joculatrix?
- The plural of joculatrix is joculatrices.
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