"executrix" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɪɡˈzɛkjətɹɪks/ Audio: En-US executrix.ogg Forms: executrices [plural], executrixes [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English executrice, executrix, from Anglo-Norman and Medieval Latin; equivalent to execute + -trix. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*sekʷ-|id=follow}}, {{inh|en|enm|executrice}} Middle English executrice, {{der|en|xno|-}} Anglo-Norman, {{der|en|ML.|-}} Medieval Latin, {{suffix|en|execute|-trix}} execute + -trix Head templates: {{en-noun|executrices|+}} executrix (plural executrices or executrixes)
  1. (chiefly law) A female executor; a woman appointed to execute a will. Categories (topical): Law, People Synonyms: execx, exrx, exx, Ex'x [contraction] Translations (female executor): مُنَفِّذَة (munaffiḏa) [feminine] (Arabic), مُنْجِزَة (munjiza) [feminine] (Arabic), وَصِيّ (waṣiyy) [feminine, masculine] (Arabic), وَلِيَّة (waliyya) [feminine] (Arabic), exécutrice [feminine] (French), Testamentsvollstreckerin [feminine] (German), banseiceadóir [masculine] (Irish), albacea [feminine] (Spanish), testamentaria [feminine] (Spanish)

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