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actrix

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

A female plaintiff.

no-plural, rare

Examples

“Wife Elizabeth, whole estate, including gold, silver, jewels, etc., and to be executrix and “universal actrix,” to bring⟳ up the children until they will be fit for trades.”
“Thirdly, the actrix in her own⟳ testimony did not so much allege ignorance but rather showed that she abhorred the notion of sexual relations and had a positive will opposed to its fulfillment.”
“Compare⟳ Marrays c. Rowcliff where the annotator has written the age of the actrix in the margin every time a witness answered the question⟳ about her age, […]”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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