单词 | factrix |
释义 | factrixn. Scottish. Now historical and rare. A female agent or trustee appointed to administer someone else's estate; a female factor (factor n. 3b). Cf. factoress n. 1. ΘΚΠ society > authority > delegated authority > one having delegated or derived authority > [noun] > one who acts for another > female factrix1584 procuratrix1584 factoress1603 agentess1757 1584 Protocol Bk. J. Borthuik 23 in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Factrix The said Elizabeth Hunter..as procuratrix and factrix for hir said spous. 1591 Edinb. Test. XXIII. f. 221v, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Factrix Alexander Swan..makis & constitutis Issobell Gudfallow his spous his procuratrix and factrix for him. 1748 (title) Petition of Jean Garioch, daughter to Alexander Garioch of Mergie, and Factrix appointed to him. 1775 Scots Mag. May 280/2 That gentleman is abroad on his travels; and Lady Forbes his mother acts as his factrix and commissioner. 1870 H. Scott Fasti Ecclesiæ Scoticanæ V. 204 Lady Forbes factrix for her son. 2006 E. Ewan et al. Biogr. Dict. Sc. Women 316 She proved an able factrix of her husband's estates during his political exile. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1584 |
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