editrix

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noun

A female editor.

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nouneditrix (plural editrices or editrixes)

plural editrices · plural editrixes

  1. uncommonA female editor.

    There is a mythos surrounding the 73-year-old editrix [Anna Wintour] that inspires deference akin to that given to royalty.

    2023 September 23, Lauren Indvik, “God is in the details”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 3
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    Katherine Viner wants to appoints a "1 per cent correspondent" to hound the filthy rich. As befits a possible Grauniad editrix, the NUJ misspelt her name.

    2015 February 24, Patrick Kidd, “Guardian Angels Declare”, in The Times, page 11

    Synonyms: editress

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA female editor.

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Origin

  1. Latinēditrīx
  2. Englisheditrix

Learned borrowing from Latin ēditrīx. By surface analysis, edit + -trix.

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APA

editrix. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/editrix

MLA

“editrix.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/editrix. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “editrix,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/editrix.

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