Meaning & use

testatrix

noun·Advanced

A woman who has made a legally valid will, especially one who has died leaving that will in effect.

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The lawyer read the testatrix's will aloud to her assembled relatives.

As testatrix, she named her daughter as the sole beneficiary of the estate.

A note on using this word

Testatrix is the traditional feminine form of testator; modern legal writing increasingly uses testator for both men and women.

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