autocratrix

== English == === Noun === autocratrix (plural autocratrices or autocratrixes) A female autocrat. (in particular, historical) The enlightened despot Catherine II of Russia, who reigned from 1762 to 1796 as empress and autocratrix of all the Russias. ==== Quotations ==== For quotations using this term, see Citations:autocratrix. ==== Synonyms ==== autocratess autocratress === References === “autocratrix, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.