executrix

Example Sentences

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Young, clean-shaven, tie knotted at his throat, he even helpfully spelled the word executrix for me.

From Salon • Sep. 25, 2021

But Valerie, who is the executrix, has been putting increasing pressure on me to gift a third of my share to Jack.

From Slate • Jul. 28, 2021

Ariel is turned into a busy shaman priestess who seems as much the instigator as the executrix of Zilzi's magic.

From The Guardian • Aug. 15, 2011

Cate, meanwhile, became executrix of her mother’s estate and president of the Elizabeth Edwards Foundation, which she helped create, and it seemed clear she was her mother’s daughter.

From Washington Post

Burton left at his death the manuscript of another celebrated Oriental work, The Scented Garden, but Lady Burton, who was made his executrix, although offered �25,000 for the copyright, destroyed the manuscript.

From Comfort Found in Good Old Books by Fitch, George Hamlin