Meanings
- archaicno pluralA female legislator.
Every woman too is her own legislatrix. 'Good doctor, reprint this sheet; add, but in capitals,—“every woman is her own legislatrix.”—These words alone will sell at least nine more editions of your work.
1776, John Lind (1776), "Letter II: Of civil liberty, and the principles of government", in: Three letters to Dr. Price, London: T. Payne, J. Sewell, and P. Elmsly, page 402 more examples
The Ganges has been held in the most profound veneration ever since De-arg, according to the received tradition, precipitated herself into it. She was a celebrated legislatrix. In her advanced age, she descended into the Ganges, where she now dwells.
1818, Adam Neale (1818), Travels through some parts of Germany, Poland, Moldavia, and Turkey, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, page 3The Empress as Legislatrix gazed down upon a long table also covered in red velvet, surrounded by twelve carved and gilded armchairs reserved for the first twelve recipients of the Order, her true “disciples”.
2014, Erin McBurney (1 January–15 May 2014), "Picturing the Greek Project: Catherine II’s iconography of conquest and culture", Russian Literature, 75(1–4):415–443, DOI:10.1016/j.ruslit.2014.05.018, page 428Synonyms: legislatress
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA female legislator.
Origin
- Latinlēgislātrīx
- Englishlegislatrix
Learned borrowing from Latin lēgislātrīx. By surface analysis, legislate + -trix.
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