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interpellant

American  
[in-ter-pel-uhnt] / ˌɪn tərˈpɛl ənt /

noun

  1. a person who interpellates; interpellator.

interpellant British  
/ ˌɪntəˈpɛlənt /

adjective

  1. causing an interpellation

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noun

  1. a deputy who interpellates

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Etymology

Origin of interpellant

1865–70; < Latin interpellant- (stem of interpellāns ) present participle of interpellāre to interrupt, equivalent to inter- inter- + -pellant- speaking; appellant

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He merely wished his interpellant to observe again that the unification of the literary spirit and the scientific spirit was degrading the literary man to the level of the scientific man.

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