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persecutrices

persecutrices is the plural of persecutrix.

Meaning of persecutrix

Noun

persecutrix (plural persecutrices)

  1. (rare) A female persecutor.
    • […]Jesabel,[…] ; a cruell persecutrix of Goddis people,[…].1559–1566, John Knox, The History of the Reformation in Scotland; republished as Laing, David, editor, The Works of John Knox, volume 1, Edinburgh: James Thin, 1895, page 244
    Synonyms:
    persecutress

Questions about persecutrices

What is persecutrices the plural of?
Persecutrices is the plural of persecutrix.

Words near persecutrices in the dictionary

  1. persecutory
  2. persecutour
  3. persecutours
  4. persecutress
  5. persecutresses
  6. persecutrices
  7. persecutrix
  8. persed
  9. perseid
  10. Perseidae
  11. Perseide

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