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English
Etymology
From Late Latin testātrīx, feminine of Latin testātor (“one who makes a will”); see testator.
Pronunciation
Noun
testatrix (plural testatrices or testatrixes)
- (law) A female testator.[1]
References
- ^ The Concise Oxford English Dictionary
- “testatrix”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “testatrix”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Latin
Etymology
testor (“I am witness, testify, attest; I make a will”) + -ātrīx
Pronunciation
Noun
testātrīx f (genitive testātrīcis, masculine testātor); third declension
- a female testator; testatrix
Declension
Third-declension noun.
References
- “testatrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- testatrix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.