lactatrix

lactatrix [ML] 1 one who gives milk, suckles, or nourishes: a (of woman, esp. BVM); b (of female mammal). a altrix reparatoris carnis meae, ~ix Salvatoris Anselm (Or. 7) III 19; virgo lactatrix genitrixque pudica Garl. Epith. I 331. b 1205 xvj vacce unde xj sunt ~ices et xiij sunt pregnantes RNorm 141. 2 one who milks an animal, milker (f.), milkmaid. 1272 siccatricis brasei et ~icis ovium Ac. Wellingb. 13; 1276 in liberacionibus iij ~icium Ac. Stratton 195 (cf. ib. 76: in liberacionibus iij mulierum lactancium); 1277 in ~icibus post festum S. Michaelis, ij busselli [ordei] Ib. 205.

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