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senatrix

noun

Categories: Obscure Words

Latin root: senātrīx Wiktionary

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  1. A female senator (a female member of a senate)
  2. Traditionally used as a term of address for a female senator in parliamentary proceedings in some Senates like those of the United States, Canada and France .
  3. The wife of a senator.

Origin

Learned borrowing from Latin senātrīx. By surface analysis, senator + -trix.

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