conservatrix
(kɒnsəˈveɪtrɪks)
[a. L. conservātrix, fem. of conservātor: see -trix.]
A female conservator or preserver; also used with names of things feminine in Latin or by personification.
| 1582 J. Hester Secr. Phiorav. iii. lxx. 104 Aqua vitæ, the whiche is conseruatrix of all medicines. 1677 Gale Crt. Gentiles II. iv. 292 As the creatrix essence was immediately present in making althings, so the Conservatrix Essence is immediately present in the supporting althings. 1798 I. Allen Hist. Vermont 279 The art, which is the conservatrix of all others, printing. 1920 E. Pound H. S. Mauberley 19 Conservatrix of Milésien. |