dominatrix

Definition

A dominating woman; a female dominator.

Etymology

From Latin dominātrīx. By surface analysis, dominate + -trix.

Example Sentences

• "Shadowy masked dominatrixes in stiletto-heeled hip boots snap commands and whips with equal fury."
• "But even as movies depicting successful madams, freelance hookers, and dominatrices were celebrating prostitution as a marketplace expression of the new sexual freedom, doubts were emerging, a backlash growing."
• "I've always maintained that the dominatrix is as much a misogynistic caricature as the virginal, asexual "good" girl or the disgusting "nymphomaniac/slut." The so-called dominant woman is a dark, eerie version of the woman on a pedestal."