Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A woman, or anything regarded as feminine, that cures or heals.
  • noun A female superintendent or guardian.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A woman who cures.
  • noun A woman who is a guardian or custodian.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun dated A female curator, guardian, or custodian.
  • noun obsolete A female who cures.

Etymologies

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Latin curatrix, from curator +‎ -rix.

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Examples

  • That Ain't Art is a new group blog that my friend Kirsten Anderson, curatrix of Seattle's Roq la Rue Gallery and editor of Pop Surrealism, launched with several of her art mafia pals.

    Boing Boing 2007

  • Kirsten Anderson, curatrix of Seattle's Roq La Rue Gallery, says, These are from the next show, by artist Audrey Kawasaki.

    Boing Boing 2006

  • BB pal and curatrix Kirsten Anderson says the show features nationally known contemporary artists influenced by differing facets of folk or vernacular art.

    Boing Boing: July 3, 2005 - July 9, 2005 Archives 2005

  • While catching up on my reading, a sense of the familiar washed over me when I spied a gem of an item from Gretchen Rubin, the Happiness Project curatrix, about using the finite to explore the infinite.

    communicatrix 2009

  • Hope it carries on. curatrix wrote: three cheers to all the traders who braved the stormy day today! came home with a bag filled with lovely things ... mmmmm.

    London SE1 community website galileoorganicfarm 2009

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