arbitrix
A female arbiter, an arbitress.
Noun
- A female arbiter, an arbitress.
- Thalèa was daughter of Vulcan; and Ætna, on the other hand, was an arbitrix between litigating parties, and pronounced judgement when Vulcan and Ceres disputed for the land of Sicily. - 1826, Algernon Herbert, Nimrod,...
- Neither do I write to insult your misfortunes in this that I, so injured by you, am now the arbitrix of your fate almost as certainly as fate herself — and you know if you have deserved much moderation from me. - 1844,...
- Maxine began to wonder…might Horst actually have a preference for women named after inexpensive cigars, was there perhaps a Philippa “Philly” Blunt stashed in London he's playing FTSE with, some alluring Asian arbitrix...
Origin
Learned borrowing from Latin arbitrīx. By surface analysis, arbiter + -trix.