Invigilatrix

Quick meaning: Invigilatrix is a noun meaning (rare) A woman (or entity given female personification) who invigilates; a female invigilator.

Meaning

(rare) A woman (or entity given female personification) who invigilates; a female invigilator.

Example Sentences

Our invigilatrix was my WEA widow, earning a little daytime money by giving out the papers and watching for cheaters.

A History paper was lately set, at a girls’ school, on a certain period of English history—say the Reformation. One question was: “Mention the person in your period who interests you most, and give your reasons.” During the examination some female præpostor or other subaltern was sitting with the girls, some of whom asked, “Does ‘your period’ mean our period?” “Yes,” said the invigilatrix, if that is the word for the fair looker-on.

Word Forms

• invigilatrices

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include vindicatress, invigilator, inquisitress, inventress, vindicator, indagatrix.

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