editrix
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Latin ēditrīx. By surface analysis, edit + -trix.
Noun
[edit]editrix (plural editrices or editrixes)
- (uncommon) A female editor.
- 2015 February 24, Patrick Kidd, “Guardian Angels Declare”, in The Times, page 11:
- 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.
- 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:
- There is a mythos surrounding the 73-year-old editrix [Anna Wintour] that inspires deference akin to that given to royalty.
Synonyms
[edit]References
[edit]- “editrix, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
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