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interlocutor

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in·ter·loc·u·tor  (ntr-lky-tr)
n.
1. Someone who takes part in a conversation, often formally or officially.
2. The performer in a minstrel show who is placed midway between the end men and engages in banter with them.

interlocutor [ˌɪntəˈlɒkjʊtə]
n
1. a person who takes part in a conversation
2. Also called middleman the man in the centre of a troupe of minstrels who engages the others in talk or acts as announcer
3. (Law) Scots law a decree by a judge
interlocutress , interlocutrice, interlocutrix fem n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.interlocutor - the performer in the middle of a minstrel line who engages the others in talk
minstrel show - a troupe of performers in blackface typically giving a comic program of negro songs and jokes
minstrel - a performer in a minstrel show
2.interlocutor - a person who takes part in a conversation
conversationalist, conversationist, schmoozer - someone skilled at conversation
Translations
interlocutor [ˌɪntəˈlɒkjʊtəʳ] N (frm) → interlocutor(a) m/f
interlocutor [ˌɪntərˈlɒkjʊr] n
interlocuteur/trice m/f
interlocuteur/trice m/f
key interlocutors → les interlocuteurs clés
interlocutor
nGesprächspartner(in) m(f); (asking questions) → Fragesteller(in) m(f)
interlocutor [ˌɪntəˈlɒkjʊtəʳ] n (frm) → interlocutore/trice
interlocutor [ˌɪntəˈlɒkjʊtəʳ] n (frm) → interlocutore/trice


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"The young Cossack made his mighty interlocutor smile," says Thiers.
"Undoubtedly, undoubtedly," broke in Mr Verloc in a deep deferential bass of an oratorical quality, so utterly different from the tone in which he had spoken before that his interlocutor remained profoundly surprised.
I can see Douglas there before the fire, to which he had got up to present his back, looking down at his interlocutor with his hands in his pockets.
 
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