Noun: interpreter in'tur-pri-tu(r)
- Someone who mediates between speakers of different languages
"The skilled interpreter facilitated communication between the world leaders at the summit";
- translator
- Someone who uses art to represent something
"his paintings reveal a sensitive interpreter of nature"; "she was famous as an interpreter of Shakespearean roles"
- An advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose
"The celebrity agreed to be the interpreter for the environmental campaign";
- spokesperson, representative, voice
- (computing) a program that translates and executes source language statements one line at a time
"Python uses an interpreter to execute code without prior compilation";
- interpretive program
Derived forms: interpreters
Type of: actor, advocate, advocator, computer program, computer programme [Brit], doer, exponent, go-between, intercessor, intermediary, intermediate, intermediator, mediator, program, programme [Brit, Cdn], proponent, worker
Encyclopedia: Interpreter