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interlocutor
[
in-ter-
lok
-y
uh
-ter
]
Example Sentences
Origin
in·ter·loc·u·tor
/
ˌɪn
tərˈlɒk
yə
tər
/
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[
in-ter-
lok
-y
uh
-ter
]
Show IPA
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.
Origin:
1505–15;
<
Latin
interlocū-,
variant stem of
interloquī
to speak between (
inter-
inter-
+
loquī
to speak) +
-tor
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used to begin
person who translations orally from one language to another
short interval between the acts of a play or parts of a public performance
one who is quiet and self-conscious
to place between, to cause to intervene
to seek answers that the person questioned considers personal or secret
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Ahmadinejad is radical and volatile, the
interlocutor
from hell.
They desire what they reject and are consequently unhappy with themselves as well as their
interlocutor
.
Noise in the background can make it hard for your
interlocutor
to hear what you are saying.
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Ahmadinejad is radical and volatile, the
interlocutor
from hell.
They desire what they reject and are consequently unhappy with themselves as well as their
interlocutor
.
Noise in the background can make it hard for your
interlocutor
to hear what you are saying.
Your
interlocutor
may mistakenly equate today's online degrees with the seedy correspondence courses of yore.
At this point, the
interlocutor
would typically rush off, supposedly called back to the concerns of daily life.
My
interlocutor
tells me what is hidden inside, which might otherwise be overlooked.
We are far more likely to get two minutes from the networks, and that period could not accommodate an
interlocutor
.
Trilling is less a father figure than an
interlocutor
and colleague conjured from the past.
It comes and goes, so quickly and without warning that it can leave an
interlocutor
confused and unsettled.
My
interlocutor
thought such a thing wasn't imminent, but remained in the realm of possibility.
She stares at her
interlocutor
with large blue eyes, and often talks as if lecturing.
Monti is seen as a more respectable
interlocutor
than his.
Apparently, he and his
interlocutor
talked about art too much.
Gambari's role as a neutral
interlocutor
among all the parties can help defuse the dangerous situation,” it read.
When she speaks, it's a process of showing and hiding so that her
interlocutor
can never quite get to know her.
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Collins
World English Dictionary
interlocutor
(ˌɪntəˈlɒkjʊtə)
—
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
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Word Origin & History
interlocutor
1514, from L. interlocutus, pp. of interloqui "interrupt," from inter- "between" + loqui "speak."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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