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translatress

translatress noun: a woman who translates.

Noun

translatress (plural translatresses)

  1. (rare) A woman who translates.
    • […] I shall forbear to speak of the incomparable worth and pregnant parts of some Gentlewomen lately deceased, as Mrs. Philips the ingenious Translatress of Pompey, &c. since what is extant of hers, or her Contemporaries will more at large express their matchless merit;1673, Hannah Woolley, The Gentlewomans Companion, London: Dorman Newman, page 30

Forms of translatress

pluraltranslatresses
alternative formtranslatoress

Origin of translatress

From translator + ess.

Questions about translatress

What does translatress mean?
Translatress means a woman who translates.
What part of speech is translatress?
Translatress is a noun.
What is the plural of translatress?
The plural of translatress is translatresses.

Words near translatress in the dictionary

  1. translatorship
  2. translatorships
  3. translatory
  4. translatour
  5. translatours
  6. translatress
  7. translatresses
  8. translatrices
  9. translatrix
  10. translavation
  11. translavations

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