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Interlocutor

//ˌɪn.təɹˈlɑk.jə.təɹ// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A person who takes part in dialogue or conversation: a locutive partner.

    "Explanations which continually remind one's interlocutor of one's ignorance are a great damper upon the easy flow of talk."

  2. 2
    A decree of a court.

    "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."

  3. 3
    a person who takes part in a conversation wordnet
  4. 4
    A man in the middle of the line in a minstrel show who questions the endmen and acts as leader.

    "The "interlocutor" greeted the audience and engaged in comical repartee with the "end men," named Tambo and Bones."

  5. 5
    a performer in the middle of a minstrel line who engages the others in talk wordnet
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  1. 6
    An interlocutory judgement or sentence.

Etymology

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin interlocūtor, from the agent noun counterpart (via the suffix -tor) of Latin interloquor (“speak between, issue an interlocutory decree”), from inter- + loquor (“speak”).

Etymology 2

From French interlocutoire, from Latin interlocūtōrium.

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