interpreter Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun someone who mediates between speakers of different languages
    translator.
  2. noun 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. noun an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose
    spokesperson; voice; representative.
    • the meeting was attended by spokespersons for all the major organs of government
  4. noun (computer science) a program that translates and executes source language statements one line at a time
    interpretive program.

WordNet

In*ter"pret*er noun
Etymology
Cf. OF. entrepreteur, L. interpretator.
Definitions
  1. 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.

Webster 1913