administratrix

American  

[ad-min-uh-strey-triks, ad-min-uh-, ad-min-uh-strey-] / ædˌmɪn əˈstreɪ trɪks, ˌæd mɪn ə-, ædˈmɪn əˌstreɪ- /

noun

Law.

plural

administratrices

1. a woman who is an administrator.

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Gender

What's the difference between administratrix and administrator? See -trix.

Etymology

Origin of administratrix

First recorded in 1620–30; from Medieval Latin administrātrix, feminine of administrator; see -trix

Example Sentences

Since Colonel Green's widow could find no executed will, she sent to Texas a lawyer who asked for her appointment as administratrix of the estate at a $1,000,000 fee.

From Time Magazine Archive

Of course she considered the property of no value or she would never have let it out of her clutches, and as executrix and administratrix of the estate she had absolute power.

From Molly Brown's Orchard Home by Speed, Nell

He managed to put this off till his death, after which his widow and administratrix was sued for dilapidations.

From The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Sterne, Laurence

Then there were twenty thousand dollars in stock of the County Bank, the interest of which Mrs. Allen had drawn since the death of her husband, regularly, as administratrix of the estate.

From The Allen House by Arthur, T. S. (Timothy Shay)

The Judge gives the administrator or the administratrix a paper, which authorises him or her to take charge of the property, which paper is called, "Letters of Administration."

From Mary Erskine by Abbott, Jacob