What does persecutrix mean?
Persecutrix means (rare) A female persecutor..
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/ˌpɜː.sɪˈkjuː.tɹɪks/ · noun
(rare) A female persecutor..
[…]Jesabel,[…] ; a cruell persecutrix of Goddis people,[…].
She is the grand-daughter of poor Caroline Matilda, and he the grandson of her persecutrix, the Dowager Queen.
...and Madame de la Perriere — cruel to me when I was a little thing, a child, at her school, is my persecutrix still.
Use persecutrix when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Persecutrix means (rare) A female persecutor..
Common synonyms include persecutress.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
[…]Jesabel,[…] ; a cruell persecutrix of Goddis people,[…].
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