Female connector, male connector and electrical connector system connectable in a straight or right angle configuration

An electrical connector system (200) having a male and female connector (202, 204). The male connector (202) includes a u-shaped shroud (208) axially surrounding a male terminal (206) having an opening generally perpendicular to the male terminal's longitudinal axis. The female connector (202) includes a female terminal (216) having two openings, one generally parallel with the female terminal's longitudinal axis and another generally perpendicular to that axis. The male and female terminals (116) mate in a parallel configuration having the male terminal axis generally parallel to the female terminal axis or in a perpendicular configuration having the male terminal axis generally perpendicular to the female terminal axis. A connector body holds the female terminal (216). The connector body (230) defines a locking means that releasably secures the connector body (230) to the shroud (208) in both the parallel and perpendicular mating configurations. The locking means may include a triangular shaped lock tab (242) that engages a similarly shaped lock aperture (236).