interrupter
Noun
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Noun
interrupter (plural interrupters)
- One who or that which interrupts.
- A device for opening and closing an electrical circuit.
- (slang, humorous) An interpreter person who interprets speech in a foreign language
- 2005, Ian Oliver, Jan Oliver, War and Peace in the Balkans
- The other half of the local staff was employed as interpreters, often affectionately known as 'interrupters.'
- 2017, Dean Bailey, Crawling Out of Hell: The True Story of a British Sniper's Greatest Battle
- The Coldstream Guards were already in place and knocked on the door. Daz Farrugia stood at the door with the Iraqi interrupter. […] The door opened and a middle aged Iraqi man stood there in his pajamas, gobbing off in Arabic, saying who knows what, but I guessed it was not very complimentary; the interpreter managed to calm him down.
- 2005, Ian Oliver, Jan Oliver, War and Peace in the Balkans
- Spanish: interrumpidor
- Spanish: interruptor
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