Interpretership

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A qualification in interpreting

    "He came back to the frontiers and obtained an interpretership at the U.S. Agency at Mackinac."

  2. 2
    The state of being an interpreter

    "Havelock had passed in London the examination necessary for the degree of a qualified Moonshee, or native tutor, and his Persian was so good that regularly throughout his life, when his superior officers wished to mark their appreciation of his services, they recommended him for an interpretership!"

Example

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"He came back to the frontiers and obtained an interpretership at the U.S. Agency at Mackinac."

Etymology

From interpreter + -ship.

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