Dorothy Dix

noun

plural Dorothy Dixes

: a counselor especially of women on personal adjustment, etiquette, or other intimate matters

Word History

Etymology

after Dorothy Dix, pseudonym of Elizabeth M. Gilmer †1951 American journalist and conductor of a syndicated advice-to-the-lovelorn column

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