executress

executress

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old French executeresse (modern French exécutrice), from executeur (“executor”)[1][2] + -esse (suffix forming female equivalents). By surface analysis, executor +‎ -ess (suffix forming female equivalents).

Pronunciation

Noun

executress (plural executresses)

  1. (archaic or obsolete) A female executor; an executrix.

Translations

References

  1. ^ “executress, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, September 2025.
  2. ^ “executress, n.”, in Collins English Dictionary, 2011–present.

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