interpretress
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a word derived from
interpreter.
interpreternouna person who interprets.
Example Sentences
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As Doña Marina, in all the wars of New Spain, Tlascalla, and at the siege of Mexico, had rendered the greatest services in capacity of an interpretress, Cortes carried her everywhere with him.
From The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Vol 1 (of 2) Written by Himself Containing a True and Full Account of the Discovery and Conquest of Mexico and New Spain. by Bernal Díaz del Castillo
When I took my leave, two maids brought in a fine silver basket of embroidered handkerchiefs; she begged I would wear the richest for her sake, and gave the others to my woman and interpretress.
From Selected English Letters (XV - XIX Centuries) by H. Wragg
Joan had as yet only just appeared, and already she was the heaven-sent interpretress of the nation's feeling, the hope of the people of France.
From A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 3 by Robert Black
One of these sons, named Don Martin, was a comendador of Santiago, whom he had by the interpretress Doña Marina.
From The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Vol 2 (of 2) Written by Himself Containing a True and Full Account of the Discovery and Conquest of Mexico and New Spain. by Bernal Díaz del Castillo
Beatrice was nothing to me but an interpretress of her sex.
From The Cinema Murder by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim