† ˈfautrix Obs.
[a. L. fautrix, fem. of fautor (see fautor). Cf. F. fautrice.]
= prec.
| 1582 T. Watson Centurie of Loue xcii, Melissa mother is, and fautrix to the Bee. 1621 G. Sandys Ovid's Met. viii. (1669) 153 Him Pallas, fautrix of good wits, sustains. 1630 M. Godwyn tr. Bp. Hereford's Ann. Eng. iii. 325 The Queen..was so exact a fautrix of justice. |