: a woman who is an executor

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Barbara Held of Wallingford brought the lawsuit as executrix of the estate of Jeffrey Held. Ed Stannard, Hartford Courant, 15 May 2024 After the poet’s death Schjeldahl contracted with a publisher to write a biography, but the project collapsed, due to the obstruction of O’Hara literary executrix, his sister Maureen. Hamilton Cain, BostonGlobe.com, 17 June 2022

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First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of executrix was in the 15th century

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“Executrix.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/executrix. Accessed 5 Jan. 2025.

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executrix

noun
: a woman who is an executor

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