profestrix
profestrix noun: a female professor.
Noun
profestrix (plural profestrices)
- A female professor.
- Moreover, I introduced into the problem an additional element by requesting their reaction to the word profestrix, […] Mr. John Sparrow, formerly Warden of All Souls’ College, Oxford, was very definite: “As for the retired female professor, I am sure she can’t be called profestrix emerita...[1985 December – 1986 January, Herbert H. Huxley, “Emeritology, Latin Agent Nouns, and the Royal Proclamation”, in The Classical Outlook, American Classical League, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 43, column 1
- Of course "profestrix", [re]constructed on the antique model, would be right for the old verb. In fact, it is quite frequently used nowadays, esp. by profestrices of Latin, as in: [links] and a lot of others.2006 February 28, mb, “Gender Consufion^([sic])”, in sci.lang (Usenet), archived from the original on 14 Dec 2025
- Synonyms:
- professoress, professorine
Examples of profestrix in a sentence
- Moreover, I introduced into the problem an additional element by requesting their reaction to the word profestrix, […] Mr.[1985 December – 1986 January, Herbert H. Huxley, “Emeritology, Latin Agent Nouns, and the Royal Proclamation”, in The Classical Outlook...
- If we were to mark the gender of a female professor, she should properly be referred to as profestrix.[2013 December 10, Erlend Hem, “Emeritus, emerita – or simply retired?”, in Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening [Journal of the...
- A retired classics prof from the University of Lampeter called herself a Profestrix emerita when I was at Latin camp there, which was quite funny.[2018 March 9, @DrJamesHannam, Twitter (post), archived from the original on 14 Dec 2025:
- If the real sex of the individual is relevant the choice would be "profestrix emerita", but if not (usually the case) stick to "professor emeritus" for women and men alike.[2018 July 17, @stephanuscoombs, Twitter (post), archived from the original on 14 Dec 2025:
Synonyms of profestrix
Forms of profestrix
| plural | profestrices |
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Origin of profestrix
Learned borrowing from Contemporary Latin profestrīx. By surface analysis, profess + -trix.
Questions about profestrix
- What does profestrix mean?
- Profestrix means a female professor.
- How do you use profestrix in a sentence?
- Moreover, I introduced into the problem an additional element by requesting their reaction to the word profestrix, […] Mr.
- What part of speech is profestrix?
- Profestrix is a noun.
- What is the plural of profestrix?
- The plural of profestrix is profestrices.
Words near profestrix in the dictionary
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