Meaning & use
testatrix
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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