doctrix

Noun

A female medical doctor, physician.
A female teacher.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English doctrice, from Latin doctrīx (“female teacher”), feminine form of doctor (“teacher”). The "female physician" sense is from the English doctor (which is from the Latin doctor) medical sense, analyzed as a feminine form of the English word. By surface analysis, doc(tor) + -trix.

Synonyms

Drss., doctoress, doctress

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