Aviatrix

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ˈeɪ.vi.eɪ.trɪks/

Origin

aviator + -trix

Full definition of aviatrix

Noun

1. (dated) A female aviator.
• 1969, William Dana Orcutt, Celebrities Off Parade: Pen-and-ink Portrait Sketches, “... — Did you know that she was an aviatrix?” he interjected.
• 1987, Pat Browne, Heroines of Popular Culture, The Women Flyers: From Aviatrix to Astronaut
• 2001, Roger E. Bilstein, Flight in America: From the Wrights to the Astronauts, Hariet Quimby, a writer for Leslie's Weekly, in 1911 became the first American aviatrix and won international accalim in 1912 as the first woman to pilot a plan across the English Channel.
• 2002, Deena Mandrell, Deadbeat Dads: Subjectivity and Social Construction, In 1929 she turned an ide that she ‘stole’ from her son into a screenplay, Wings in the Dark, featuring a protagonist based on Ameria Earhart, the famous aviatrix with whom Shipman was acquainted...

Usage notes

In common usage, the etymologically-consistent plural form aviatrices is over three times more common than the Anglicised plural form aviatrixes.

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Synonyms

• aviatress, aviatrice
• aviator male or female
• flier, flyer male or female