heritrix

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heritrix

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From heritor, formed in imitation of female equivalents in -trix. By surface analysis, herit + -trix.

noun heritrices · heritrixes · heretrice · heretrix

A female heritor. They got also Lufnes by marieng the heritrix theirof Riccartoun.[…]The Lairds of Glenbervie are not the oldest Douglasses as some say, but a cadet of Angus maried the heritrix theirof, they being then Melvils verie old in that name, and the powerfullest in all the Mearnes.[…]He was a cadet of Erroll
Similar: heiress, heritress

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@misc{heritrix_2026,
  title = {heritrix},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/heritrix},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}