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ministrix

ministrix noun: a female minister.

Noun

ministrix (plural not attested)

  1. (no plural, rare) A female minister.
    • Regarding The Veterinarian as the organ of neither individuals nor party in veterinary objects, but the property of all veterinarians, and the ministrix to their honour and weal, and the promoter, in every form, of improvement, I trust the Editors will give these remarks a place.1831 February 18, “Also an Army Veterinarian”, “On Chronic Foot Lameness; Mr. Coleman and Mr. Bracy Clark on the Foot; and the Army Veterinary Department”, in Messrs. Percivall and Youatt, editors...
    • When we had left the house, the little ministrix ran after us, apologised for her mistake, and returned us two marks.1857, “The Sogne-Fjord”, in A Long Vacation Ramble in Norway and Sweden, Cambridge: Macmillan and Co., page 108
    Synonyms:
    ministress

Synonyms of ministrix

Origin of ministrix

Learned borrowing from Latin ministrīx. By surface analysis, minister + -trix.

Questions about ministrix

What does ministrix mean?
Ministrix means a female minister.
What part of speech is ministrix?
Ministrix is a noun.

Words near ministrix in the dictionary

  1. ministress
  2. ministresses
  3. ministries
  4. ministring
  5. ministrings
  6. ministrix
  7. ministroke
  8. ministrokes
  9. ministry
  10. ministryship
  11. ministudio

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