executrix

== English == === Etymology === From Late Middle English executrice, executrix (“female executor; administrator of the law; wielder of fate”), from Medieval Latin execūtrīx (possibly through Anglo-Norman *executrice) from execūtor, exsecūtor (“accomplisher, performer; prosecutor, revenger”), + Latin -trīx (suffix forming feminine agent nouns). Exsecūtor is derived from Latin exsequor (“to follow after thoroughly, pursue persistently; (figurative) to execute, perform; to pursue with vengeance, avenge”) (from ex- (intensifying prefix) + sequor (“to follow, pursue”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (“to follow”))) + -tor (suffix forming masculine agent nouns). By surface analysis, executor +‎ -trix (suffix forming feminine agent nouns). === Pronunciation === Singular: (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪɡˈzɛkjuːtɹɪks/, /ɛɡ-/ (General American) IPA(key): /ɪɡˈzɛkjətɹɪks/, /ɛɡ-/ Hyphenation: ex‧e‧cu‧trix Plural (executrices): (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪɡˈzɛkjuːtɹɪˌsiːz/, /ɛɡ-/, /-sɪz/ (General American) IPA(key): /ɪɡˈzɛkjətɹɪˌsiz/, /ɛɡ-/, /-sɪz/ Hyphenation: ex‧e‧cu‧tri‧ces === Noun === executrix (plural executrices or executrixes) (archaic, rare) A female person who executes or carries out something. (specifically, law) A female person appointed to execute the wishes of a deceased person as stated in their will; a female executor. Synonyms: (archaic or obsolete) executress, (contraction) execx, (contraction) exrx, (contraction) exx, (contraction) Ex'x Coordinate terms: administrator, administratrix, executor ==== Alternative forms ==== executrice (obsolete) ==== Derived terms ==== coexecutrix executrix dative (central and southern Africa, Scotland, law) executrixship ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === executor on Wikipedia.Wikipedia James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Executrix”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume III (D–E), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 396, column 2.