interlocutor

[ in-ter-lok-yuh-ter ]

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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 of interlocutor

First recorded in 1505–15; from Latin interlocū-, variant stem of interloquī “to speak between” (inter- inter- + loquī “to speak”) + -tor

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How to use interlocutor in a sentence

Other top U.S. officials are also now out of direct contact with their Russian interlocutors.
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My interlocutors were Amal Elsana Alhjooj and Ruth Calderon.
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They sensed that they were being treated as props, not interlocutors, and they understandably resented it.
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There are two things that every commentator deserves from readers and interlocutors.
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And for Jibril and his Muslim Brother interlocutors, the clock is ticking.
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She shot a glance of contempt at her interlocutors and pushed past them.
A German Pompadour | Marie Hay
The sound of voices reached them from within the paddock, though a thick shrubbery prevented their seeing the interlocutors.
Camilla | Fanny Burney
“You see that young man,” said the honorable proprietress of the Hotel des Folies to her interlocutors.
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Margaret and Lilian, the old ticket-porter and the young blacksmith, were the principal interlocutors.
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Moralities are dialogues where the interlocutors represented feigned or allegorical personages.
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British Dictionary definitions for interlocutor

interlocutor

/ (ˌɪntəˈlɒkjʊtə) /

noun

a person who takes part in a conversation
Also called: middleman the man in the centre of a troupe of minstrels who engages the others in talk or acts as announcer

Scots law a decree by a judge

Derived forms of interlocutor

interlocutress, interlocutrice or interlocutrix, fem n

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