interlocutor

C2 Topic:People & Society

US /ˌɪn.təɹˈlɑk.jə.təɹ/ UK /ˌɪntəˈlɒkjʊtə/ See IPA manual

Freq #102369

Meanings

1

noun
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

noun
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.
3

noun
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.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a person who takes part in... collocutorconversantconversationalistconverserpartner

Word family

Forms interlocutrice

Derived forms interlocutorship

Related forms elocution interlocutioninterlocutiveinterlocutorilyinterlocutoryinterlocutressinterlocutriceinterlocutrixlocutionlocutionallocutionarylocutory

Etymology

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”).

Topics

People & Society Word Formation & Derivatives

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# interlocutor

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˌɪn.təɹˈlɑk.jə.təɹ/
**IPA (UK):** /ˌɪntəˈlɒkjʊtə/
**Frequency rank:** 102369

## Meanings
1. A person who takes part in dialogue or conversation: a locutive partner.
2. A man in the middle of the line in a minstrel show who questions the endmen and acts as leader.
3. A decree of a court.

## Examples
- Explanations which continually remind one's interlocutor of one's ignorance are a great damper upon the easy flow of talk.
- The "interlocutor" greeted the audience and engaged in comical repartee with the "end men," named Tambo and Bones.
- 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.

## Synonyms
- collocutor
- conversant
- conversationalist
- converser
- partner

## Derived Forms
- interlocutorship

## Related Forms
- elocution
- interlocution
- interlocutive
- interlocutorily
- interlocutory
- interlocutress
- interlocutrice
- interlocutrix
- locution
- locutional
- locutionary
- locutory

## Etymology
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”).

## Topics
- People & Society
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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