interloper

[ in-ter-loh-per ]

/ ˈɪn tərˌloʊ pər /

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noun

a person who interferes or meddles in the affairs of others: He was an athiest who felt like an interloper in this religious gathering.

a person who intrudes into a region, field, or trade without a proper license.

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Origin of interloper

1585–95;inter- + -loper (see landloper)

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Thus satisfied that I was not an interloper, he moved his vehicle and allowed me to pass.
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Suddenly I realize, sitting here looking at her defend herself against an interloper like me, how wrong I have been about her.
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He is the same man who inveigled you on board the interloper Good Intent and delivered you to the Pirate?
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This was their own country where they belonged and where the railroad was the interloper.
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From this vantage point I scanned the surrounding country for signs of the interloper.
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What kind of errand had brought this interloper into our territory?
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British Dictionary definitions for interloper

interloper

/ (ˈɪntəˌləʊpə) /

noun

an intruder

a person who introduces himself into professional or social circles where he does not belong

a person who interferes in matters that are not his concern

a person who trades unlawfully

Word Origin for interloper

C17: from inter- + loper, from Middle Dutch loopen to leap

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Word Origin and History for interloper

interloper

1590s, enterloper, "unauthorized trader trespassing on privileges of chartered companies," probably a hybrid from inter- "between" + -loper (from landloper "vagabond, adventurer," also, according to Johnson, "a term of reproach used by seamen of those who pass their lives on shore"); perhaps a dialectal form of leap, or from Middle Dutch loper "runner, rover," from lopen "to run." General sense of "self-interested intruder" is from 1630s.

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