aviatrix

American

[ey-vee-ey-triks] / ˌeɪ viˈeɪ trɪks /

Also aviatress,

noun

plural

aviatrices

a woman who is a pilot; aviator.

Gender

What's the difference between aviatrix and aviator? See -trix.

Etymology

Origin of aviatrix

First recorded in 1925–30; aviat(or) + -trix

Example Sentences

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And according to Sammie Morris, archivist of the Earhart collection at Purdue University, they will cast the aviatrix in a new light.

From Washington Post • Oct. 14, 2021

On this date in 1929, Lady Mary Heath, a British aviatrix, stopped in Yuma during her aerial tour of the United States.

From Washington Times • May 23, 2018

The special “Amelia Earhart: The Lost Evidence” revisits the still-fascinating 1937 disappearance of the legendary aviatrix.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 7, 2017

I see Lady Edith becoming a barnstorming aviatrix, but perhaps that’s for Season 4.

From Slate • Feb. 21, 2012

In making the turn the monoplane flown by the Cuban aviatrix could not negotiate it at as sharp an angle as Peggy's machine, owing to its not being equipped with an equalizing, or stability device.

From The Girl Aviators' Motor Butterfly by Burnham, Margaret

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