Rectrix

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun A governess; a rectoress.

II. Rectrix ·noun One of the quill feathers of the tail of a bird.

Related Words

rectrix
rectrix, īcis, f. [rector], she that leads or guides; a directress , governess , mistress (post...

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.