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prosecutrix

The English word “prosecutrix” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A female prosecutor
  2. A female victim of a crime on whose behalf the state is prosecuting a suspect

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin prōsecūtrīx. By surface analysis, prosecutor + -trix.

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