Definition of "legislatrix" in English

noun

1. (archaic) A female legislator.

   • Every woman too is her own legislatrix. 'Good doctor, reprint this sheet; add, but in capitals,—“every woman is her own legislatrix.”—These words alone will sell at least nine more editions of your work.
   • The Ganges has been held in the most profound veneration ever since De-arg, according to the received tradition, precipitated herself into it. She was a celebrated legislatrix. In her advanced age, she descended into the Ganges, where she now dwells.
   • The Empress as Legislatrix gazed down upon a long table also covered in red velvet, surrounded by twelve carved and gilded armchairs reserved for the first twelve recipients of the Order, her true “disciples”.