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Definition of "spectatrix" []

  • Same as spectatress. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

Use "spectatrix" in a sentence
  • "As for F---, he described a series of somersaults in the air, which however agreeable in themselves, were very trying to the nerves of the spectatrix below."
  • "There is also pleasant walkes in ye Cathedrall in the Cloysters and yt leades to ye discription of the Coronation in this place at ye bath ye 23d April wch I recieved ye relation off from a spectatrix it being ye day queen ann was Crowned, and is never performed unless when a queen is the Chiefe as Queen Elizabeth &c., her Sister our late Majesty's King William and Queen Mary because the queen was Joyn'd in the throne as principle, they representing ye Amazons consisting of the young Maids."
  • "spectatrix animos ipsa iuuenca dabat. me quoque, qui multos, sed me sine caede, Cupido"