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Definition of "interlocutor" []

  • Someone who takes part in a conversation, often formally or officially. (noun)
  • The performer in a minstrel show who is placed midway between the end men and engages in banter with them. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "interlocutor" in a sentence
  • "He hisses at him for being a "banker" (sounds like wanker, get it?) and pulls him up for using the term interlocutor twice (this from the man who brought you indefatigability)."
  • "Two such massive egotists on stage without a disciplinary interlocutor is always a risk: Sinclair begins by claiming that he may have invented Home as a character, or at least some of his ‘psychogeographical’ writings."
  • "The meme our illustrious interlocutor is faultily remembering is “information wants to be free.”"
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