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executrix
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Definition:Defn: A woman exercising the functions of an executor.Noah Webster. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Mr. Shelby showed his confidence in his wife's ability, by appointing her sole executrix upon his estates; and thus immediately a large and complicated amount of business was brought upon her hands.
Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin
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All the rest he died possessed of, he bequeathed to Peggotty; whom he left residuary legatee, and sole executrix of that his last will and testament.
Charles Dickens. David Copperfield (1850)
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