interpretess

I ought to say that we have a big Bernese governess, who looks like Luther in his more corpulent days, and, knowing more Italian than we do, has been quite useful as interpretess.

William James 1910

She had been his interpretess here on his arrival, and he seems to have conceived a real kindness for her; an honour of which she is extremely sensible, and with reason.

Juniper Hall: A Rendezvous of Certain Illustrious Personages during the French Revolution, Including Alexandre D'Arblay and Fanny Burney 1904

O pastoral pipes, no longer sing of Daphnis on the mountains, to pleasure Pan the lord of the goats; neither do you, O lyre interpretess of Phoebus, any more chant Hyacinthus chapleted with maiden laurel; for time was when Daphnis was delightful to the mountain-nymphs, and Hyacinthus to thee; but now let Dion hold the sceptre of Desire.

Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology Anonymous 1902

They were all (our interpretess whispered) the Sultan's "favourites," round-faced apricot-tinted girls in their teens, with high cheek-bones, full red lips, surprised brown eyes between curved-up Asiatic lids, and little brown hands fluttering out like birds from their brocaded sleeves.

In Morocco Edith Wharton 1899

All this time the fair-haired interpretess had not been allowed by the vigilant guardian of the harem to utter a word.

In Morocco Edith Wharton 1899

As she held out her plump wrinkled hand to Mme. Lyautey and spoke a few words through the interpretess one felt that at last a painted window of the _mirador_ had been broken, and a thought let into the vacuum of the harem.

In Morocco Edith Wharton 1899

She examined us with sad eyes, spoke a few compliments through the interpretess, and seated herself in silence, letting the others sparkle and chatter.

In Morocco Edith Wharton 1899

She had been his interpretess here on his arrival, and he seems to have conceived a real kindness for her; an honour of which she is extremely sensible, and with reason.

The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay — Volume 3 Fanny Burney 1796

However, I chose to go incognito, to avoid any disputes about ceremony, and went in a Turkish coach, only attended by my woman, that held up my train, and the Greek lady, who was my interpretess.

Letters of the Right Honourable Lady M--y W--y M--e Montague, Lady Mary W 1724

Shabono & his wife & child (as an interpreter & interpretess for the

The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 Meriwether Lewis 1791