conservatrix

== English == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin cōnservātrīx. By surface analysis, conservator +‎ -trix. === Noun === conservatrix (plural conservatrices) A female conservator. === References === “conservatrix”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. “conservatrix, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000. == Latin == === Etymology === From cōnservō, cōnservātum (“to preserve”, verb) +‎ -trīx f (“-ess”, agentive suffix). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kõː.sɛrˈwaː.triːks] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [kon.serˈvaː.triks] === Noun === cōnservātrīx f (genitive cōnservātrīcis, masculine cōnservātor); third declension she who preserves or defends, protectress ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. === Adjective === cōnservātrīx (feminine cōnservātrīx); third-declension defective adjective (feminine-only when singular, feminine or neuter when plural) preserving ==== Declension ==== Third-declension defective adjective (feminine-only when singular, feminine or neuter when plural). === References === “conservatrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “conservatrix”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.