Meanings
plural adjudicatresses
- A woman or girl who adjudicates; an adjudicatrix; a female adjudicator.
Hamlet was their entry in 1957, the third major dramatic production of the School year. The ten member cast got high praise from the adjudicatress, whose concluding sentence read: "This was an outstanding production for a Youth Festival."
1978, J. Graham Patriquin, From Little Forks to Moulton Hill Vol 1, page 1571 more example
In the interesting and amusing bed-making and clothes-pegging contests at the Methodist Church Bazaar on Thursday night the entries were large, and the competitors included some young and middle-aged gentlemen who, quite evidently, had made many a bed and hung out many a suit of pyjamas on the line to dry. The position of adjudicatress, therefore, was no sinecure.
1913, Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume XVI, Issue 77, page 2
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