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interpretership

interpretership noun: a qualification in interpreting.

Noun

interpretership (plural interpreterships)

  1. A qualification in interpreting
    • He came back to the frontiers and obtained an interpretership at the U.S. Agency at Mackinac.1851, Henry Rowe Schoolcraft, Personal Memoirs Of A Residence Of Thirty Years With The Indian Tribes On The American Frontiers
  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!1909, Leonora Blanche Lang, The Red Book of Heroes

Forms of interpretership

pluralinterpreterships

Origin of interpretership

From interpreter + -ship.

Questions about interpretership

What does interpretership mean?
Interpretership means a qualification in interpreting.
What part of speech is interpretership?
Interpretership is a noun.
What is the plural of interpretership?
The plural of interpretership is interpreterships.

Words near interpretership in the dictionary

  1. interprete
  2. interpreted
  3. interpreted away
  4. interpreter
  5. interpreters
  6. interpretership
  7. interpreterships
  8. interpretess
  9. interpretesses
  10. interpreting
  11. interpreting away

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