tractatrix

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noun

A female shampooer.

Scrabble 19

Meanings

nountractatrix (plural fautrices)

plural fautrices

  1. rareA female shampooer.

Origin

  1. Latintractātrīx
  2. Englishtractatrix

Learned borrowing from Latin tractātrīx. By surface analysis, tractator + -trix.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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