interlocutor
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
interlocutor (plural interlocutors)
- A person who takes part in dialogue or conversation.
- 1894, Calvin Thomas, "The Teacher's Outfit in German," The School Review, vol. 2, no. 7, p. 406,
- Explanations which continually remind one's interlocutor of one's ignorance are a great damper upon the easy flow of talk.
- 1894, Calvin Thomas, "The Teacher's Outfit in German," The School Review, vol. 2, no. 7, p. 406,
- A man in the middle of the line in a minstrel show who questions the end men and acts as leader.
- 1991, Maureen Costonis, "Martha Graham's American Document: A Minstrel Show in Modern Dance Dress," American Music, vol. 9, no. 3, p. 299,
- The "interlocutor" greeted the audience and engaged in comical repartee with the "end men," named Tambo and Bones.
- 1991, Maureen Costonis, "Martha Graham's American Document: A Minstrel Show in Modern Dance Dress," American Music, vol. 9, no. 3, p. 299,
- (legal) An interlocutory judgement or sentence.
- (A person who takes part in dialogue or conversation) converser, conversationalist, conversational partner, collocutor
- French: interlocuteur, interlocutrice
- German: Gesprächspartner
- Italian: interlocutore
- Portuguese: interlocutor
- Russian: собесе́дник
- Spanish: interlocutor
interlocutor (plural interlocutors)
- (Scotland, legal) A decree of a court.
- 1869, "The Judicial System of Scotland," The American Law Register (1852-1891), vol. 17, no. 5, p. 257,
- 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.
- 1869, "The Judicial System of Scotland," The American Law Register (1852-1891), vol. 17, no. 5, p. 257,
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