interloper
nounEtymology
From inter- + loper (“runner, rover”), as in landloper (“vagrant”) (from lope (“to leap, to jump”) (originally dialectal)). Originally spelt enterloper and used in specific sense, “unauthorized trader trespassing on privileges of chartered companies”, later general sense of “self-interested intruder” from 1630s.
- derived from lobo
Definitions
One who interferes, intrudes or gets involved where not welcome, particularly a…
One who interferes, intrudes or gets involved where not welcome, particularly a self-interested intruder.
- They disliked the interloper, and forced him to leave.
An unlicensed or illegitimate trader.
The neighborhood
- neighborinterlope
- neighborlope
- neighborbackseat driver
- neighborbusybody
- neighborbuttinsky
- neighborencroacher
- neighborgatecrasher
- neighborkibitzer
- neighbormarplot
- neighbormeddler
- neighbornosy parker
- neighborpeeping tom
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at interloper. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at interloper. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
7 hops · closes at interloper
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA