adjudicatress
/æ.d͡ʒu.dɪˈkeɪ.tɹɛs/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
24
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A woman or girl who adjudicates; an adjudicatrix; a female adjudicator.
Example Sentences
- "In the interesting and amusing bed-making and clothes-pegging contests at the Methodist Church Bazaar on Thursday night the entries were large, and the competitors included some young and middle-aged gentlemen who, quite evidently, had made many a bed and hung out many a suit of pyjamas on the line to dry. The position of adjudicatress, therefore, was no sinecure."
- "Hamlet was their entry in 1957, the third major dramatic production of the School year. The ten member cast got high praise from the adjudicatress, whose concluding sentence read: "This was an outstanding production for a Youth Festival.""
Etymology
From adjudicat(o)r + -ess.
Inflected Forms
adjudicatresses (plural)