Definition of "protectrix" []

• A woman who protects; a protectress. (noun)

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• "In the de-structured, de-cultured universe of the expressionists, there was no place for Athena, whom the Secessionists had coopted from politics as the protectrix of their arts."
• "Surely, without any of my pleading, women will welcome their great and amiable protectrix, as by instinct."
• "In folklore, the protectrix of Toulouse is La Reine Pedauque the Goose-foot Queen."