translatorship

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noun

The role or office of a translator.

OriginProto-Germanic *skapjaną ← English translator →
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Meanings

nountranslatorship (countable and uncountable, plural translatorships)

plural translatorships

  1. countableuncountableThe role or office of a translator.

    The two offices were bestowed on me by Government, and with the Persian Translatorship gave me an income of ten guineas a day.

    1872, Charles Phillip Brown, Literary life of Charles Philip Brown (By Himself), page 23

Origin

  1. Englishtranslator
  2. Proto-Germanic*skapjaną
  3. Englishtranslatorship

From translator + -ship.

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APA

translatorship. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/translatorship

MLA

“translatorship.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/translatorship. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “translatorship,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/translatorship.

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