doctrix

Meanings

1. A female doctor, chiefly a physician.
2. A female teacher.

1. The title of a female doctor, chiefly a physician.
2. A protagonist of the television series Doctor Who (called the Doctor) who is female.

Etymology

From Middle English doctrice, from Latin doctrīx (“a female teacher”), feminine form of doctor (“a teacher”). The "female physician" sense is from the English doctor (which is from the Latin doctor) medical sense, analyzed as a feminine form of the English word. By surface analysis, doc(tor) + -trix.