Hypertext Webster Gateway: "interpreter"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Interpreter \In*ter"pret*er\, n. [Cf. OF. entrepreteur, L.
interpretator.]
One who or that which interprets, explains, or expounds; a
translator; especially, a person who translates orally
between two parties.
We think most men's actions to be the interpreters of
their thoughts. --Locke.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
interpreter
n 1: someone who mediates between speakers of different languages
[syn: {translator}]
2: someone who uses art to represent something; "his paintings
reveal a sensitive interpreter of nature"; "she was famous
as an interpreter of Shakespearean roles"
3: an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose;
"the meeting was attended by spokespersons for all the
major organs of government" [syn: {spokesperson}, {representative},
{voice}]
4: (computer science) a program that translates and executes
source language statements one line at a time [syn: {interpretive
program}]
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