victrix en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈvɪk.tɹɪks/
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin victrīx. By surface analysis, victor + -trix.
Meanings
-
(no-plural) victor (female); victress.
In his victrix he required all that was here visible — the imprint of high cultivation, the consecration of a careful and authoritative protection, the adjuncts that Fashion decrees, Wealth purchases, and Taste adjusts […]
1853, Charlotte Brontë, Villette: