translatress en · NOUN
Etymology
From translator + ess.
Meanings
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(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
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| translatresses | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| translatoress | alternative | lexicographic |
Relateds
Translations (6)
ro traducătoare (A woman who translates) · ro translatoare (A woman who translates) · ro interpretă (A woman who translates) · nl vertaalster (A woman who translates) · fr traductrice (A woman who translates) · es traductora (A woman who translates)