rectrixEtymologyLearned borrowing from Latin rēctrīx (“one who directs”). By surface analysis, rector + -trix.rectrix means A governess; a rectoress. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.nounA governess; a rectoress.A flight feather on the tails of birds, used for directional control.