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spectatrix|spɛkˈteɪtrɪks|
[a. L. spectātrix, fem. of spectātor. Cf. F. spectatrice, It. spettatrice.]
= spectatress.
1611Cotgr., Spectatrice, a spectatrix. 1615W. Hull Mirr. Maiestie 88 She (good soule) stood by the crosse as a dolefull spectatrix of that wofull Tragedy. 1651Howell Venice 4 She [Venice] hath allwayes..chosen rather to be a Spectatrix or Umpresse, than a Gamestresse. c1710C. Fiennes Diary (1888) 15 The discription of the Coronation..which I received the relation off from a spectatrix. 1781Earl Malmesbury Diaries & Corr. I. 390 The Dutch Ambassadors..are leaving nothing untried to prevent Her Imperial Majesty from remaining spectatrix of their quarrel. 1860C. Clive Why P. Ferrall x, She had been spectatrix of the same scene at a play. 1866J. B. Rose tr. Ovid's Met. 264 Spectatrix of this cruel fate was I. |