"compurgatrix" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: compurgatrices [plural]
Etymology: From Latin compurgatrix, equivalent to compurgator (“someone who vouches for another person's innocence”) + -trix (female agent noun-forming suffix). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|compurgatrix}} Latin compurgatrix, {{suffix|en|compurgator|-trix|pos2=female agent noun-forming suffix|t1=someone who vouches for another person's innocence}} compurgator (“someone who vouches for another person's innocence”) + -trix (female agent noun-forming suffix) Head templates: {{en-noun|compurgatrices}} compurgatrix (plural compurgatrices)
  1. (historical) Female compurgator. Tags: historical

Inflected forms

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