actrix en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From Latin āctrīx (“female plaintiff”). By surface analysis, actor + -trix. Doublet of actrice.
Meanings
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(no-plural, rare) A female plaintiff.
Compare Marrays c. Rowcliff where the annotator has written the age of the actrix in the margin every time a witness answered the question about her age, […]
2000, Frederik Pedersen, Marriage disputes in medieval England, →ISBN, page 22:Thirdly, the actrix in her own testimony did not so much allege ignorance but rather showed that she abhorred the notion of sexual relations and had a positive will opposed to its fulfillment.
1935, John Joseph Manning, Presumptions of Law in Marriage Cases, page 75:Wife Elizabeth, whole estate, including gold, silver, jewels, etc., and to be executrix and “universal actrix,” to bring up the children until they will be fit for trades.
1918, Documents Relating to the Colonial, Revolutionary and Post-revolutionary History of the State of New Jersey, volume 30, page 469: