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Definition of Janitrix
1. a female doorkeeper [n -ES]
Medical Definition of Janitrix
1. A female janitor. Origin: L. Janitrix. See Janitor. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Janitrix
Literary usage of Janitrix
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Gallus: Or, Roman Scenes of the Time of Augustus. With Notes and Excursuses by Wilhelm Adolf Becker (1903)
"6, 61, the mother of Delia is meant, and not a janitrix:— Haec ... Such a female
would have as little right to the appellation of janitrix, ..."
2. Journal by New York (N.Y.). Board of Education (1882)
"The Committee recommend that the application be granted, and submit a resolution
to that effect: Resolved, That the janitrix of Primary School No. ..."
3. Journal by New York (N.Y.). Board of Education (1885)
"No salary has been paid for the position of janitrix of either *::-- premises
for the time stated, and the Committee recommends that the salary be paid as ..."
4. Gallus: Or, Roman Scenes of the Time of Augustus by Wilhelm Adolf Becker (1844)
"With equally little foundation does Bottiger, Sab. suppose a janitrix in the ...
Such a female would have as little right to the appellation of janitrix as ..."
5. Literary and Theological Review by Leonard Woods, Charles D. Pigeon (1839)
"Scientiarum janitrix grammatica, was an old maxim of the schools ; and whilst
this faithful janitrix kept her station an effectual bar was presented to much ..."
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