editrix

noun

editrix

noun

Etymology Learned borrowing from Latin ēditrīx. By surface analysis, edit + -trix.

1

Uncommon A female editor.

  • Katherine Viner wants to appoints a "1 per cent correspondent" to hound the filthy rich. As befits a possible Grauniad editrix, the NUJ misspelt her name.2015 February 24, Patrick Kidd, “Guardian Angels Declare”, in The Times, page 11:
  • There is a mythos surrounding the 73-year-old editrix [Anna Wintour] that inspires deference akin to that given to royalty.2023 September 23, Lauren Indvik, “God is in the details”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 3:
Synonyms
editress

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