"instructrix" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: instructrixes [plural], instructrices [plural]
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin īnstrūctrīx. By surface analysis, instruct + -trix. Etymology templates: {{lbor|en|la|īnstrūctrīx}} Learned borrowing from Latin īnstrūctrīx, {{surf|en|instruct|-trix}} By surface analysis, instruct + -trix Head templates: {{en-noun|+|instructrices}} instructrix (plural instructrixes or instructrices)
  1. (dated) A female instructor. Tags: dated Synonyms: instructress Translations (female instructor): instruistino (Esperanto)

Inflected forms

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