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translatorship

translatorship noun: the role or office of a translator.

Noun

translatorship (countable and uncountable, plural translatorships)

  1. The role or office of a translator.
    • The two offices were bestowed on me by Government, and with the Persian Translatorship gave me an income of ten guineas a day.1872, Charles Phillip Brown, Literary life of Charles Philip Brown (By Himself), page 23

Forms of translatorship

pluraltranslatorships

Origin of translatorship

From translator + -ship.

Questions about translatorship

What does translatorship mean?
Translatorship means the role or office of a translator.
What part of speech is translatorship?
Translatorship is a noun.
What is the plural of translatorship?
The plural of translatorship is translatorships.

Words near translatorship in the dictionary

  1. translatorial
  2. translatoriality
  3. translatorially
  4. translatories
  5. translators
  6. translatorship
  7. translatorships
  8. translatory
  9. translatour
  10. translatours
  11. translatress

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