intruder

[in-trood]

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verb (used with object)

to thrust or bring in without invitation, permission, or welcome.

Geology. to thrust or force into.

to install (a cleric) in a church contrary to the wishes of its members.

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verb (used without object)

to thrust oneself without permission or welcome: to intrude upon their privacy.

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a fool or simpleton; ninny.

a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.

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Origin:
1525–35; < Latin intrūdere to push in, equivalent to in- in-² + trūdere to push

Related forms

in·trud·er, noun

in·trud·ing·ly, adverb

self-in·trud·er, noun

un·in·trud·ed, adjective

un·in·trud·ing, adjective

EXPAND

un·in·trud·ing·ly, adverb

COLLAPSE

Synonyms
4. interfere, interlope. See trespass.

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intruder (ɪnˈtruːdə)

—n
	a person who enters a building, grounds, etc, without permission

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"For the most part, there was no recognition of human life in the night; no human breathing was heard, only the breathing of the wind. As we sat up, kept awake by the novelty of our situation, we heard at intervals foxes stepping about over the dead leaves, and brushing the dewy grass close to our tent, and once a musquash fumbling among the potatoes and melons in our boat; but when we hastened to the shore we could detect only a ripple in the water ruffling the disk of a star. At intervals we were serenaded by the song of a dreaming sparrow or the throttled cry of an owl; but after each sound which near at hand broke the stillness of the night, each crackling of the twigs, or rustling among the leaves, there was a sudden pause, and deeper and more conscious silence, as if the intruder were aware that no life was rightfully abroad at that hour."

-Henry David Thoreau

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