interlocutors

[in-ter-lok-yuh-ter]

noun

a person who takes part in a conversation or dialogue.

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.

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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Interlocutors is always a great word to know.

So is callithumpian. Does it mean:

a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.

a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.

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