instiˈgatrix rare.
[a. L. instigātrix, fem. agent-n. f. instigāre to instigate.]
A female instigator.
| 1611 Cotgr., Stimulatrice, a stimulatrix, an instigatrix. 1674 Brevint Saul at Endor 109 The Woman should be the Instigatrix, or the first Sollicitress. 1902 Dublin Rev. July 105 Lady Macbeth, the instigatrix of the murder. |