executrice

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UK/ɪɡˈzɛkjuːtɹɪs/UK/ɛɡ-/US/ɪɡˈzɛkjətɹɪs/

A form of executrix — A female person who executes or carries out something.

Scrabble 21

Meanings

nounexecutrice (plural executrices)

plural executrices

  1. obsoleteObsolete spelling of executrix
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    1594, Torquato Tasso, “Canto Qarto: The Fourth Song”, in R[ichard] C[arew], transl., Godfrey of Bulloigne, or The Recouerie of Hierusalem. […], London: […] Iohn Windet for Christopher Hunt […], →OCLC, page 150
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APA

executrice. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/executrice

MLA

“executrice.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/executrice. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “executrice,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/executrice.

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