persecutrix

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word persecutrix. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word persecutrix, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say persecutrix in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word persecutrix you have here. The definition of the word persecutrix will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofpersecutrix, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

English

Noun

persecutrix (plural persecutrices)

  1. (rare) A female persecutor.
    Synonym: persecutress
    • 1868, Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, A Lost Name:
      ...and Madame de la Perriere — cruel to me when I was a little thing, a child, at her school, is my persecutrix still.
    • 1861, Ellis Cornelia Knight, Autobiography of Miss Cornelia Knight:
      She is the grand-daughter of poor Caroline Matilda, and he the grandson of her persecutrix, the Dowager Queen.