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manipulatrix

manipulatrix is the female equivalent of manipulator.

Meaning of manipulator

Noun

manipulator (plural manipulators)

  1. A device which can be used to move, arrange or operate something.
    • The power lights blinked red and the amplifier failed, but not before Kassad had seen the tapering ovoid shapes, spotted with thrusters and cockpit blisters, each trailing a tangle of six jointless manipulator arms.1989, Dan Simmons, Hyperion, London: Headline, published 1991, page 157
  2. A puppeteer, especially one controlling marionettes.

Synonyms of manipulatrix

  • manipulatress

Origin of manipulatrix

From manipulate + -trix.

Questions about manipulatrix

What is manipulatrix the female equivalent of?
Manipulatrix is the female equivalent of manipulator.

Words near manipulatrix in the dictionary

  1. manipulativeness
  2. manipulatives
  3. manipulator
  4. manipulators
  5. manipulatory
  6. manipulatrix
  7. manipulee
  8. manipulees
  9. manipulism
  10. Manipur
  11. Manipur studies

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