interpretressn.
/ɪnˈtəːprᵻtrᵻs/, /ɪnˌtəːprᵻˈtrɛs/, U.S. /ᵻnˈtərprətrəs/ A female interpreter.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > interpretation > [noun] > interpreter > female
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1717 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 18 Apr. (1965) I. 347 The Greek Lady..was my interpretress.
1775 J. Adair Hist. Amer. Indians 327 They..were so polite as to order their black interpretress to bid our red couriers tell us, they thanked us for our friendly offer.
1859 C. Kingsley Sir W. Raleigh in Misc. I. 12 Interpretress of the will and conscience of the people of England.
1865 M. Arnold Ess. Crit. iii. 104 Poetry is the interpretress of the natural world, and she is the interpretress of the moral world.
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