† deˈsertriceObs.rare. [f. deserter: on the type of F. feminines, e.g.acteur, actrice: see -trice.] A female deserter. 1645Milton Tetrach. (1851) 166 Cleave to a Wife, but let her bee a wife..not an adversary, not a desertrice. So also deˈsertress, deˈsertrix. [see -trix.] In mod. Dicts.