interpreter

UK /ɪnˈtɜː.pɹɪ.tə/ US /ɪnˈtɝ.pɹɪ.tɚ/
noun 5

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noun

1

A person or thing that interprets the meaning of something for another, particularly

... an interpreter of dreams ...

[…] the Priest or Medicine-man […] early appeared on the plantation and found his function as the healer of the sick, the interpreter of the Unknown […] and the one who rudely but picturesquely expressed the longing, disappointment, and resentment of a stolen and oppressed people.

2

A person or thing that interprets the meaning of something for another

A Japanese man who is tried before a German court is assisted by an interpreter in making oral statements.

... when you ſallie vpon him, ſpeake what terrible Language you will: though you vnderſtand it not your ſelues, no matter: for we must not ſeeme to vnderſtand him, vnleſſe ſome one among vs, whom wee must produce for an Interpreter.

3

A person or thing that interprets the meaning of something for another

4

A person or thing that interprets the meaning of something for another

... the holy fathers interpretours of holy scrypture ...

Then said Christian to the Interpreter, Expound this matter more fully to me.

5

A person or thing that interprets the meaning of something for another

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