Interpretess

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A female interpreter. dated

    "However, I chose to go incognito, to avoid any disputes about ceremony, and went in a Turkish coach, only attended by my woman, that held up my train, and the Greek lady, who was my interpretess."

Example

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"However, I chose to go incognito, to avoid any disputes about ceremony, and went in a Turkish coach, only attended by my woman, that held up my train, and the Greek lady, who was my interpretess."

Etymology

From interpreter + -ess.

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