English

Noun

testatrix ‎(plural testatrixes or testatrices)

1. (law) A female testator.^[1]

Related terms

• testament
• testator
• testify
• testimonial
• testimony

References

1. ↑ The Concise Oxford English Dictionary [Eleventh Edition]

• testatrix in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• testatrix in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Latin

Etymology

testor ‎(“I am witness, testify, attest; I make a will”) +‎ -ātrīx

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /tesˈtaː.triːks/, [tɛsˈtaː.triːks]

Noun

testātrīx f ‎(genitive testātrīcis); third declension

1. a female testator; testatrix

Inflection

Third declension.

References

• testatrix in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “testatrix”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.