"†(a) A female agent. Obsolete . (b) A female agitator", Mid 17th cent. From classical Latin agitātrīx (with reference to the soul) agitator (2nd cent. a.d. in Apuleius), in post-classical Latin also female person (or goddess) who agitates, feminine form corresponding to agitātor; from agitāt-, past participial stem of agitāre + -trīx.[agitatrix etymology, agitatrix origin, 英语词源]