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executrix

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ex·ec·u·trix  (g-zky-trks)
n. pl. ex·ec·u·trix·es or ex·ec·u·tri·ces (-trsz) Law
A woman who is appointed by a testator to execute the testator's will.
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Noun1.executrix - a woman executor
executor - a person appointed by a testator to carry out the terms of the will


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Brooke, sticking his eye-glasses on nervously, and exploring the edges of a folded paper which he held in his hand; "and she would like to act-- depend upon it, as an executrix Dorothea would want to act.
Middlemarch by Eliot, George View in context
On the thirtieth of September, the Testator executes a will, leaving his widow sole executrix, with a legacy of eighty thousand pounds.
No Name by Collins, Wilkie View in context
Bardell-- the relict and sole executrix of a deceased custom-house officer--was a comely woman of bustling manners and agreeable appearance, with a natural genius for cooking, improved by study and long practice, into an exquisite talent.
The Posthumous Papers Of The Pickwick Club by Dickens, Charles View in context
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