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单词 propagatrix
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propagatrixn.

Brit. /ˈprɒpəɡətrɪks/, /ˌprɒpəˈɡeɪtrɪks/, U.S. /ˌprɑpəˈɡeɪˌtrɪks/, /ˈprɑpəɡəˌtrɪks/
Forms: 1600s propogatrix (probably transmission error), 1600s 1800s 2000s– propagatrix.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin propāgāt- , propāgāre , -trix suffix.
Etymology: < classical Latin propāgāt-, prōpāgāt-, past participial stem of propāgāre, prōpāgāre propagate v. + -trix suffix, after propagator n. Compare post-classical Latin propagatrix (early 3rd cent.; 12th cent., 1483 in British sources).
A female propagator.
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society > communication > information > publishing or spreading abroad > [noun] > person who > female
propagatress1653
propagatrix1655
promulgatress1660
the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > [noun] > procreator, parent, or origin
motherOE
stallionc1305
childbearera1382
getterc1390
begetter1440
procreator1548
propagator1585
procreatrix1593
breeder1594
procreatress1597
pregnatress1651
multiplier1660
parent1670
propagatrix1803
baby-maker1968
1655 R. Baillie Disswasive Vindic. 24 That heresie for its great and prime propogatrix had Mistresse Hutcheson.
1663 G. Harvey Archelogia Philosophica Nova II. ii. iv. 278 Seed in this second acception is a dissimilar substance, consisting of the rudiments of all the parts of a Plant, that are to liken the propagatrix (or from which it was propagated) in specie.
1803 Edinb. Rev. Jan. 498 This industrious propagatrix of the species.
1836 G. Higgins Anacalypsis I. v. li. 190 Eve the propagatrix.
1900 tr. S. Ruytinck in Eng. Hist. Rev. 15 789 The mother and propagatrix of all the reformed churches of the Netherlands.
1998 S. Gilmartin Ancestry & Narr. (1999) v. 165 The fortunes and the propagatrix of his future pedigree are left up in the air as the women discover his egoism.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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