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interlocutor

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in⋅ter⋅loc⋅u⋅tor

  [in-ter-lok-yuh-ter]
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–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; < L interlocū-, var. s. of interloquī to speak between (inter- inter- + loquī to speak) + -tor
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in·ter·loc·u·tor   (ĭn'tər-lŏk'yə-tər)   
n.  

  1. Someone who takes part in a conversation, often formally or officially.

  2. The performer in a minstrel show who is placed midway between the end men and engages in banter with them.

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Word Origin & History

interlocutor 
1514, from L. interlocutus, pp. of interloqui "interrupt," from inter- "between" + loqui "speak."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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