compurgatrix

== English == === Etymology === From Latin compurgatrix, equivalent to compurgator (“someone who vouches for another person's innocence”) +‎ -trix (female agent noun-forming suffix). === Noun === compurgatrix (plural compurgatrices) (historical) Female compurgator. ==== Synonyms ==== compurgatress === References === “compurgatrix, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.