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emancipatrix

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ɛˈmænsɪpeɪtɹɪks/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ɪˈmænsɪpeɪtɹɪks/

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noun

Meaning 1

A woman, girl, or any other entity treated as female who emancipates; a female emancipator.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • 1869, Standish Grove Grady and William Hay Macnaghten, A Manual of the Mahommedan Law of Inheritance and Contract, Comprising the Doctrines of the Soonee and Sheea Schools, and Based Upon the Text of Sir W. H. Macnaghten’s Principles and Precedents, Together with the Decisions of the Privy Council and High Courts of the Presidencies in India, page 46 (W. H. Allen); and quoted in:

Meaning relationships

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History

Etymology

From Latin ēmancipātrīx. By surface analysis, emancipate + -trix.