interlocutor
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tərˈlɒk noun
1.
a person who takes part in a conversation or dialogue.
2.
the man in the middle of the line of performers in a minstrel troupe, who acts as the announcer and banters with the end men.
3.
a person who questions; interrogator.
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interlocutor (ˌɪntəˈlɒkjʊtə) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a person who takes part in a conversation |
| 2. | Also called: middleman the man in the centre of a troupe of minstrels who engages the others in talk or acts as announcer |
| 3. | Scots law a decree by a judge |
| inter'locutress | |
| —fem n | |
| inter'locutrice | |
| —fem n | |
| inter'locutrix | |
| —fem n | |
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Word Origin & History
interlocutor
1514, from L. interlocutus, pp. of interloqui "interrupt," from inter- "between" + loqui "speak."
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Example sentences
And the degree to which your interlocutor believes in his position is neither here nor there.
Such errors, if they do occur, do not distract the native interlocutor or interfere with communication.
The offer of du, usually by an older interlocutor, was not made lightly.
And yet on this occasion the painter finds that he has to defend himself against his outstandingly well informed interlocutor.
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