doctrix

Meaning

Noun

A female medical doctor, physician.
A female teacher.

Related

Similar words

doctoress, doctress , Drss.

Origin

From Latin doctrīx, feminine form of doctor. The "female doctor" sense is from the English doctor (which is from the Latin doctor) medical sense, analyzed as a feminine form of the English word; equivalent to doctor + -trix.

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