inspectrix

noun

inspectrix

noun

CA, US, UK, SC /ɪnˈspɛk.tɹɪks/ · AU, UK /ɪnˈspek.tɹɪks/

Etymology Learned borrowing from Late Latin īnspectrīx. First attested in 1715. By surface analysis, inspector + -trix.

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Feminine Female equivalent of inspector.

  • […]Light, the busy Inspectrix of all our Actions,[…]1715, Jane Barker, Exilius: […], London: Edmund Curll:

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