persecutrix

/ˌpɜɹ.sɪˈkju.tɹɪks/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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noun

"[…]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."

Learned borrowing from Latin persecūtrīx. First attested in 1559–1566. By surface analysis, persecute + -trix.

persecutrices (plural)

persecutress

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How do you pronounce persecutrix?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˌpɜɹ.sɪˈkju.tɹɪks/.

What does persecutrix mean?

A female persecutor.

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