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interlocutor Definition

inter·locu·tor (in′tər läk′yo̵̅o̅ tər, -yə-; for 2 often, -läk′ət ər)

noun

  1. a person taking part in a conversation or dialogue
  2. ☆ an entertainer in a minstrel show who serves as master of ceremonies and as a foil for the end men

Etymology: < pp. of L interloqui: see interlocution

interlocutor Synonyms

interlocutor

n.

conversationalist, dialogist, interviewer, questioner; see examiner, speaker 2, talker.

interlocutor Usage Examples

Possessives

  • point: What determines whether someone considers their interlocutor's point of view?

Possessives

  • sheriff: On 23 December 2005 the sheriff principal refused the appeal and adhered to the sheriff's interlocutor.
  • government: UMT and CDT are Morocco's two largest trade unions and the government's main interlocutors on labor issues.

Converse of object

  • pronounce: Thereafter the Lord Lyon, on 10 December 2002, pronounced an interlocutor refusing the prayer of the petition.
  • recall: We shall allow the reclaiming motion, recall the interlocutor reclaimed against and return the case to the Lord Ordinary to proceed as accords.
  • date: In this connection I refer to the Note appended to my interlocutor dated 26 April 2006.
  • say: Tyrants, says an interlocutor in one of Plato's dialogs, tremble before lovers.
  • reclaim: We shall allow the reclaiming motion, recall the interlocutor reclaimed against and return the case to the Lord Ordinary to proceed as accords.
  • interpret: Clearly, any art of reaching agreement through conversation is going to depend on an art of interpreting interlocutors.

Adjective modifier

  • key: India remains committed to working for the successful conclusion of her security dialog with key interlocutors on the CTBT.
  • main: UMT and CDT are Morocco's two largest trade unions and the government's main interlocutors on labor issues.
  • other: Repeating a word or sign of the other interlocutor then adding more words or signs to add to the information.
  • important: The World Diamond Council, set up by industry to represent its views at the Kimberley Process, is an important interlocutor.
  • certified: On completion of the order, a certified copy interlocutor should be delivered to the Registrar of Companies.
  • human: Here, it is the matrix rather than the man that experiences the All; it then communicates this knowledge to its human interlocutors.

Noun used with modifier

  • copy: On completion of the order, a certified copy interlocutor should be delivered to the Registrar of Companies.