correctrix

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin corrēctrīx. By surface analysis, correct +‎ -trix.

Noun

correctrix (plural correctrices)

1. A woman or girl who corrects; a female corrector.
   • 2000, The Fat Princess: A Story for Grown-Ups, page 121:

     Inside the castle is a rankery, a real one. And rankery is the right word, don’t go thinking the correctrix got it wrong. You know full well that no correctrix has proofed my dad’s book.

Synonyms

• correctress

References

• “correctrix, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.