mentrix
mentrix noun: a female mentor.
Noun
mentrix (plural mentrices)
- A female mentor.
- Olga had indeed learned that the church had appointed certain days and seasons for fasting, but thought she had herself fasted in a fashion, she had never suspected that she was imitating Christ, and she had never been told that the oil was a necessary part of the observance. Anxious to please her...1897, Edward Arthur Brayley Hodgetts, A Russian Wild Flower: Or, The Story of a Woman in Search of a Life, City of Westminster, London: John Macqueen, page 193
- Finally, as women scholars — at every career level — we must never underestimate our value as mentors — or mentrices.1994, Medieval Feminist Newsletter
Examples of mentrix in a sentence
- Anxious to please her new mentrix she tried to swallow the nasty stuff, but the flesh was weak and, moreover, rebellious; and thus the first experiment in religious discipline proved a failure.1897, Edward Arthur Brayley Hodgetts, A Russian Wild Flower: Or, The Story of a Woman in Search of a Life, City of Westminster, London...
- The mentor mented his mentees. / His wife, also a mentrix, or one of his daughters, both mentrices, took over menting when he was away.1997 June 11, Socrates, “Re: Mentor/Mentee ?”, in alt.usage.english (Usenet), message-ID <339F1D8E.4DF2@forum.edu>:
- Each girl is instructed by a mentrix (nacimbusa, plural banacimbusa), who is helped by other women.1999, Richard Fardon, Wim van Binsbergen, Rijk van Dijk, editors, Modernity on a Shoestring: Dimensions of Globalization, Consumption and...
- One of my mentors (mentrixes? mentrices?), fantasy-horror novelist Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, who proudly claims Finnish heritage*, asserts quite strongly that the Finns are not Scandinavians.2000 December 3, Matthew B. Tepper, “Re: Scandinavia/Finland was Crusell: LITTLE SLAVE GIRL”, in rec.music.opera (Usenet), message-ID...
Synonyms of mentrix
Forms of mentrix
| plural | mentrices |
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Origin of mentrix
From Latin mentrix or mentor + -trix.
Questions about mentrix
- What does mentrix mean?
- Mentrix means a female mentor.
- How do you use mentrix in a sentence?
- Anxious to please her new mentrix she tried to swallow the nasty stuff, but the flesh was weak and, moreover, rebellious; and thus the first experiment in religious discipline proved a failure.
- What part of speech is mentrix?
- Mentrix is a noun.
- What is the plural of mentrix?
- The plural of mentrix is mentrices.
Words near mentrix in the dictionary
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