单词 | administratrix |
释义 | administratrixn. 1. Law. A woman having authority to administer an estate. ΘΚΠ society > law > transfer of property > testamentary disposition > [noun] > management or disposal of estate > one who > female executricec1374 administratrice1465 executrix1502 administratrix1561 executress1591 executrix dative1687 1561 in W. H. Frere Registrum Matthei Parker (1928) I. 259 Th'accompte of Joane Wrigge the wief and administratrix of all and singler the goodes. 1618 Edinb. Test. L. f. 90, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue (at cited word) His awin wyf to be tutrix and administratrix to the bairnes. 1642 T. Fuller Holy State i. xi. 34 Her daughter had little comfort to be Executrix or Administratrix unto her. 1704 in N. Carolina Colonial Rec. (1886) I. 613 Mary Swann administratrix [of] dec[ease]d's estate. 1769 T. Smollett Adventures of Atom I. Advt. to Rdr. p. vi She called herself Dorothy Hatchet, spinster, of the parish of Old-street, administratrix of Mr. Nathaniel Peacock. 1838 Mirror of Parl. (1st Sess., 13th Parl.) 7 5796/1 It [sc. a petition] was from the administratrix of an officer who had lost his reason, and whose half pay for twelve years had been kept by the Admiralty. 1847 Law Times Rep. 8 278/3 An action..brought by the administratrix of an intestate to recover the consideration money for an annuity deed. 1940 Univ. Chicago Law Rev. 7 571 A third party tortfeasor had compromised a death claim with the administratrices of the employee for $25,000. 1965 Jet 19 Aug. 44 The ten-point will named Walden's widow..as sole administratrix of the estate. 2004 E. M. Harris Personal Impressions 146/2 His widow and administratrix, Mary Lowe, sold to Wirgman and Johnson for $1 the remaining rights to the vapour lamp. 2. gen. A female administrator; a woman who administers something. ΘΚΠ society > authority > control > person in control > [noun] > manager or administrator > female mistressa1375 administratrix1572 1572 J. Bridges tr. R. Gwalther Hundred, Threescore & Fiftene Homelyes vppon Actes Apostles cxxxii. 736 Destruction..is the administratrix of saluation [L. salutis ministra] vnto the diligent hearers [of the gospel] and them that beleeue it. 1678 J. Brown Quakerisme Path-way to Paganisme x. 266 Shee [sc. Diana] is sole administratrix and dispensatrix of the great blessings of the Covenant. 1736 tr. C. Rollin Anc. Hist. VI. 294 Alexandra..was appointed supreme administratrix of the nation, according to the king's last will. 1800 J. Planta Hist. Helvetic Confederacy II. iii. 5 The Duke of Milan, René King of Sicily.., and Jolantha Dowager Duchess and administratrix of Savoy, were his friends. 1859 G. Wilson & A. Geikie Mem. E. Forbes iv. 126 A mighty change passing over Medicine as an administratrix of substances, which in one sense are food, in another medicine, in another poison. 1906 A. Stead Great Japan xv. 339 On her return from Europe, Her Imperial Highness Princess Komatsu herself became the chief administratrix of the committee. 1995 Sat. Night (Toronto) Oct. 50 Irma Grese, sadistic administratrix of a concentration camp. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1561 |
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