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interpretess

interpretess noun: a female interpreter.

Noun

interpretess (plural interpretesses)

  1. (dated) A female interpreter.
    • 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.1724, Lady Mary Wortley Montague, Letters of the Right Honourable Lady M--y W--y M--e
    • They were all (our interpretess whispered) the Sultan's "favourites," round-faced apricot-tinted girls in their teens, with high cheek-bones, full red lips, surprised brown eyes between curved-up Asiatic lids, and little brown hands fluttering out like birds from their brocaded sleeves.1920, Edith Wharton, In Morocco

Forms of interpretess

pluralinterpretesses
alternative forminterpretress

Origin of interpretess

From interpreter + -ess.

Questions about interpretess

What does interpretess mean?
Interpretess means a female interpreter.
What part of speech is interpretess?
Interpretess is a noun.
What is the plural of interpretess?
The plural of interpretess is interpretesses.

Words near interpretess in the dictionary

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

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