correctrix

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin corrēctrīx. By surface analysis, correct +‎ -trix.

Noun

correctrix (plural correctrices)

  1. A woman or girl who corrects; a female corrector; a correctress.
    • 2000, The Fat Princess: A Story for Grown-Ups, page 121:
      Inside the castle is a rankery, a real one. And rankery is the right word, don’t go thinking the correctrix got it wrong. You know full well that no correctrix has proofed my dad’s book.
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