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in·ter·preter (in tʉr′prə tər)
noun
- a person who interprets; specif., a person whose work is translating a foreign language orally, as in a conversation between people speaking different languages
- a computer program that translates and executes, statement by statement, a program written in a high-level language
Etymology: ME interpretour < Anglo-Fr < OFr interpreteur < LL(Ec) interpretator
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