vindicatrix

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noun

A vindicatress.

OriginLatin vindicātrīx →
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Meanings

noun
  1. A vindicatress.

    But no sign of the glowering vindicatrix, the heavy-set prisoner, is yet discernible in the shiny-haired, olive-skinned schoolgirl, skipping along Morwenna Park Road to buy her mum a bag of sugar from the shop in the square.

    2011, Gordon Burn, Happy Like Murderers, page 130

Synonyms & antonyms

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vindicatress

Origin

  1. Latinvindicātrīx
  2. Englishvindicatrix

Learned borrowing from Latin vindicātrīx. By surface analysis, vindicate + -trix.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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