Assassinatrix

Pronunciation

• RP enPR: É™săʹsÄ­nā'trÄ­ks, IPA: /əˈsæsɪˌneɪtɹɪks/

Origin

assassin + -rix, on the pattern of assassinator

Full definition of assassinatrix

Noun

1. (rare) A specifically female assassin; compare assassinator.
• 1881: Leonard A. Montefiore, Essays and Letters Contributed to Various Periodicals Between September 1877 and August 1879, Together with Some Unpublished Fragments, page xlviThe young Socialists had glorified Vera Sassoulitsch, the Russian would-be assassinatrix.

Synonyms

• (female assassin) assassinatress