əˈneɪ noun, plural dom·i·na·tri·ces 
[-ney-truh-seez, -nuh-trahy-seez] .
[-ney-truh-seez, -nuh-trahy-seez] . 1.
a woman who plays the dominant role in a sado-masochistic sexual relationship or encounter.
2.
a woman who dominates.
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| —n , pl dominatrices | |
| 1. | a woman who is the dominant sexual partner in a sadomasochistic relationship |
| 2. | a dominant woman |
| [C16: from Latin, fem of dominātor, from dominārī to be lord over] | |
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dominatrix
"dominant female entity," attested since 1560s, though not in quite the usual modern sense ("Rome ... dominatrix of nations" [1561]). See see domination + -trix. Modern BDSM sense attested by 1976.
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