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adjudicatress en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /æ.d͡ʒu.dɪˈkeɪ.tɹɛs/

Etymology

From adjudicat(o)r + -ess.

Meanings

1. A woman or girl who adjudicates; an adjudicatrix; a female adjudicator.
   • In the interesting and amusing bed-making and clothes-pegging contests at the Methodist Church Bazaar on Thursday night the entries were large, and the competitors included some young and middle-aged gentlemen who, quite evidently, had made many a bed and hung out many a suit of pyjamas on the line to dry. The position of adjudicatress, therefore, was no sinecure. 1913, Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume XVI, Issue 77, page 2:
   • Hamlet was their entry in 1957, the third major dramatic production of the School year. The ten member cast got high praise from the adjudicatress, whose concluding sentence read: "This was an outstanding production for a Youth Festival." 1978, J. Graham Patriquin, From Little Forks to Moulton Hill Vol 1, page 157:

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