Doctrix

Noun

1. The title of a female doctor, chiefly a physician.
   • Miss [Elizabeth] Blackwell had duly attended Lectures at the College, and received a formal diploma, under the title of “Domina,” which was the only feminine that the Senate could find for Doctor. […] For Doctrix...
   • For I observe that at least two ladies (all honour and success to them, say I) have acquired the title of Doctor or Doctrix, and six more, I see, are at this moment engaged in dissecting the human subject at Edinburgh....
   • Do you think Senator Grassley's profession staff investigators don't already know about redaction decryption? I don't think so either. He's just releasing the name of Mr. Redacted in a subtler, more deniable way than...

   Synonyms: Drss.

2. A protagonist of the television series Doctor Who (called the Doctor) who is female.
   • > : Clavicle Squad deserve a mention, too. > > Oh? I'm partial to female clavicles. Then perhaps you can write stories about the Doctrixes... ;D - 1997 January 4, Allesandra I., “Dr Who paperbacks for sale”, in...
   • The Infinity Doctor rolled his eyes. 'Honestly... You'd think no-one ever read the comic strip any more... The doll-Doctor-' (the giant grimaced at this, but said nothing.) '-appeared in Endgame. That's the _strip_...
   • Speaking about Doctrices, the show should have a run of Doctrices following the 1st Doctrix: […] The BBC should give us at least 8 consecutive Doctrices before returning to another Doctor and then have a similar run of...