conservatrixn.

Brit.

/kənˈsəːvətrɪks/, U.S.

/kənˈsərvəˌtrɪks/

Forms: late Middle English–1500s conseruatrix, 1600s– conservatrix.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin cōnservātrīx.

Etymology: < classical Latin cōnservātrīx female preserver, protectress, used occasionally with the names of goddesses but usually with feminine nouns personified, as e.g. fortūna cōnservātrīx fortune the protectress, feminine form corresponding to cōnservātor < cōnservāt- , past participial stem of cōnservāre conserve v. + -trīx -trix suffix. Compare conservatrice n.

Now rare.

A female preserver.Frequently in personifications (see the etymology).In quot. c1450: the Virgin as protectress.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > preservation from injury or destruction > [noun] > one who preserves from injury or destruction > female

conservatrixc1450

preservatrice1559

preserveress1569

preservatrix1650

conservatress1841

the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > preservation from injury or destruction > [noun] > preservation from decay, loss, or destruction > one who or that which preserves from decay, etc. > one who > female

conservatricea1450

conservatrixc1450

c1450 J. Lydgate Ballade Our Lady (Sloane) l. 117 in Minor Poems (1911) i. 259 (MED) O vitre inviolate..Conseruatrix of kyngdamys and Remys!

1582 J. Hester tr. L. Fioravanti Compend. Rationall Secretes iii. lxx. 104 Aqua vitæ, the whiche is conseruatrix of all medicines.

1654 H. Vaughan Flores Solitudinis i. 59 Most appositely did Halitargius call Patience the Conservatrix of our Condition.

1677 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. IV iv. 292 As the creatrix essence was immediately present in making althings, so the Conservatrix Essence is immediately present in the supporting althings.

1798 I. Allen Nat. & Polit. Hist. Vermont 279 The art, which is the conservatrix of all others, printing.

1898 ‘M. Field’ World at Auction iv. p. ciii Fortuna, rule! Conservatrix—O rudder of the world, Steer me across this swallowing gulf of sea.

1949 B. Brasol tr. F. Dostoevsky in R. A. Goldwin et al. Readings Russ. Foreign Policy i. ii. 18 [Russia] bore within herself a treasure which was no longer existent anywhere else—Orthodoxy; that she was the conservatrix of Christ's truth.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	conservatrix
释义	conservatrixn. Brit. /kənˈsəːvətrɪks/, U.S. /kənˈsərvəˌtrɪks/ Forms: late Middle English–1500s conseruatrix, 1600s– conservatrix. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin cōnservātrīx. Etymology: < classical Latin cōnservātrīx female preserver, protectress, used occasionally with the names of goddesses but usually with feminine nouns personified, as e.g. fortūna cōnservātrīx fortune the protectress, feminine form corresponding to cōnservātor < cōnservāt- , past participial stem of cōnservāre conserve v. + -trīx -trix suffix. Compare conservatrice n. Now rare. A female preserver.Frequently in personifications (see the etymology).In quot. c1450: the Virgin as protectress. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > preservation from injury or destruction > [noun] > one who preserves from injury or destruction > female conservatrixc1450 preservatrice1559 preserveress1569 preservatrix1650 conservatress1841 the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > preservation from injury or destruction > [noun] > preservation from decay, loss, or destruction > one who or that which preserves from decay, etc. > one who > female conservatricea1450 conservatrixc1450 c1450 J. Lydgate Ballade Our Lady (Sloane) l. 117 in Minor Poems (1911) i. 259 (MED) O vitre inviolate..Conseruatrix of kyngdamys and Remys! 1582 J. Hester tr. L. Fioravanti Compend. Rationall Secretes iii. lxx. 104 Aqua vitæ, the whiche is conseruatrix of all medicines. 1654 H. Vaughan Flores Solitudinis i. 59 Most appositely did Halitargius call Patience the Conservatrix of our Condition. 1677 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. IV iv. 292 As the creatrix essence was immediately present in making althings, so the Conservatrix Essence is immediately present in the supporting althings. 1798 I. Allen Nat. & Polit. Hist. Vermont 279 The art, which is the conservatrix of all others, printing. 1898 ‘M. Field’ World at Auction iv. p. ciii Fortuna, rule! Conservatrix—O rudder of the world, Steer me across this swallowing gulf of sea. 1949 B. Brasol tr. F. Dostoevsky in R. A. Goldwin et al. Readings Russ. Foreign Policy i. ii. 18 [Russia] bore within herself a treasure which was no longer existent anywhere else—Orthodoxy; that she was the conservatrix of Christ's truth. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1450
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