† gubernatrixn.adj.

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

Etymology: < classical Latin gubernātrīx female ruler, feminine form corresponding to gubernātor gubernator n. < gubernāt- , past participial stem of gubernāre govern v. + trīx -trix suffix. Compare earlier gubernatrice n., governatrice n., and later governatrix n.In use as adjective after ancient Greek κοσμοῦν that rules, use as adjective of present participle of κοσμεῖν to arrange, order, rule (see cosmetic adj.).

Obsolete.

A. n.

A thing (personified as female) which exercises a ruling or presiding influence over something; (also) a female ruler or governor. rare after 17th cent.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > [noun] > female

dame?c1225

governoressc1430

ruleressc1450

governess1483

gubernatrice1522

moderatrice1531

governatrice1532

gubernatrix1541

dominatrix1561

governantec1570

moderatrix1577

rectrix1588

rectress1599

moderatress1601

1541 in State Papers Henry VIII (1830) I. 675 The saide Regent, beyng onelie Gubernatrix, and not Princeps of the Lowe Countreys of Flaunders.

?1547 A. Borde Pryncyples Astron. vii. sig. C.i^v She is a feminine planete..and is lady and gubernatrix ouer the sees and watters.

1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Gubernatrix, shee which ruleth.

1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. x. 471 Behold the powerfull majesty of Gods mother..and sole Gubernatrix of the earth.

1663 E. Maynwaring Tutela Sanitatis 57 The Soul then is agent, the body [p]assive, receiving the influx vertue and power from the Soul, who is Rectrix and Gubernatrix to whom the rule and government belongs.

1755 Coley's Merlinus Anglicus Junior sig. C8^v Venus, Gubernatrix of the Ascendant, is in Opposition to Mars.

1825 Examiner 4 Dec. 5/2 Mars occupies also the ascendant of America and the House of Gubernatrix, by whom also that country is represented; which denotes a stir in that quarter.

B. adj.

Having the quality or function of governing; gubernative. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > [adjective]

rectoral1675

gubernatrix1677

rectorial1709

1677 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. IV ii. vii. 388 If it be so, that the gubernatrix and dispositrix Mind [of God] [Gk. νοῦν κοσμοῦντα; compare p. 473 gubernative dispositive Mind] do thus dispose althings, it doth therefore place each particular in that place, where it may be best constituted.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	gubernatrix
释义	† gubernatrixn.adj. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin gubernātrīx. Etymology: < classical Latin gubernātrīx female ruler, feminine form corresponding to gubernātor gubernator n. < gubernāt- , past participial stem of gubernāre govern v. + trīx -trix suffix. Compare earlier gubernatrice n., governatrice n., and later governatrix n.In use as adjective after ancient Greek κοσμοῦν that rules, use as adjective of present participle of κοσμεῖν to arrange, order, rule (see cosmetic adj.). Obsolete. A. n. A thing (personified as female) which exercises a ruling or presiding influence over something; (also) a female ruler or governor. rare after 17th cent. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > [noun] > female dame?c1225 governoressc1430 ruleressc1450 governess1483 gubernatrice1522 moderatrice1531 governatrice1532 gubernatrix1541 dominatrix1561 governantec1570 moderatrix1577 rectrix1588 rectress1599 moderatress1601 1541 in State Papers Henry VIII (1830) I. 675 The saide Regent, beyng onelie Gubernatrix, and not Princeps of the Lowe Countreys of Flaunders. ?1547 A. Borde Pryncyples Astron. vii. sig. C.i^v She is a feminine planete..and is lady and gubernatrix ouer the sees and watters. 1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Gubernatrix, shee which ruleth. 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. x. 471 Behold the powerfull majesty of Gods mother..and sole Gubernatrix of the earth. 1663 E. Maynwaring Tutela Sanitatis 57 The Soul then is agent, the body [p]assive, receiving the influx vertue and power from the Soul, who is Rectrix and Gubernatrix to whom the rule and government belongs. 1755 Coley's Merlinus Anglicus Junior sig. C8^v Venus, Gubernatrix of the Ascendant, is in Opposition to Mars. 1825 Examiner 4 Dec. 5/2 Mars occupies also the ascendant of America and the House of Gubernatrix, by whom also that country is represented; which denotes a stir in that quarter. B. adj. Having the quality or function of governing; gubernative. rare. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > [adjective] rectoral1675 gubernatrix1677 rectorial1709 1677 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. IV ii. vii. 388 If it be so, that the gubernatrix and dispositrix Mind [of God] [Gk. νοῦν κοσμοῦντα; compare p. 473 gubernative dispositive Mind] do thus dispose althings, it doth therefore place each particular in that place, where it may be best constituted. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.adj.1541
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