interlocutor
nounEtymology
Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin interlocūtor, from the agent noun counterpart (via the suffix -tor) of Latin interloquor (“speak between, issue an interlocutory decree”), from inter- + loquor (“speak”).
- learned borrowing from interlocūtor
Definitions
A person who takes part in dialogue or conversation
A person who takes part in dialogue or conversation: a locutive partner.
- Explanations which continually remind one's interlocutor of one's ignorance are a great damper upon the easy flow of talk.
A man in the middle of the line in a minstrel show who questions the endmen and acts as…
A man in the middle of the line in a minstrel show who questions the endmen and acts as leader.
- The "interlocutor" greeted the audience and engaged in comical repartee with the "end men," named Tambo and Bones.
An interlocutory judgement or sentence.
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A decree of a court.
- A decree of the English Court of Chancery is not entitled to more respect in Scotland than a decree (interlocutor) of the Scottish Court of Session in England.
The neighborhood
- neighborelocution
- neighborinterlocution
- neighborinterlocutive
- neighborinterlocutorily
- neighborinterlocutory
- neighborinterlocutress
- neighborinterlocutrice
- neighborinterlocutrix
- neighborlocution
- neighborlocutional
- neighborlocutionary
- neighborlocutory
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for interlocutor. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA