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‖ tractatrix|trækˈteɪtrɪks|
Pl. -trices |-trɪsiːz|.
[L. tractātrix (Martial, in sense 1), fem. of tractātor shampooer, also one who treats of a subject: see tractator.]
1. A female shampooer. rare—1.
1874M. Collins Frances II. 117 That stout Miss Susanetta, with her shrill voice, and her hands of the tractatrix, is a strange creature.
2. Geom. = tractrix.
1828in Webster; hence in later Dicts. |