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collocutor

British  
/ ˈkɒləˌkjuːtə /

noun

  1. a person who talks or engages in conversation with another

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Observation of his collocutor led him shortly to alter his tone a little.

From Thyrza by Gissing, George

Miss Calthea was an admirable manager in dialogue, and if she had an object in view it did not take her long to find out what her collocutor liked to talk about.

From The Squirrel Inn by Stockton, Frank Richard

She spoke in a high but not unmusical note, very quickly, and with timid glances to either side of her collocutor.

From Eve's Ransom by Gissing, George

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