correctrix
English edit
Etymology edit
Latin correctrix; equivalent to correct + -trix
Noun edit
correctrix (plural correctrices)
- 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.