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/ˌɪntərlˈɑkjətər/ Listen

noun

Interlocutor n.

One who takes part in dialogue or conversation; a talker, interpreter, or questioner.

(Law) An interlocutory judgment or sentence.

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... Fullarton, who dealt in generalities as a rule, and objected to being brought to book about particulars—considering, indeed, such a line of argument as indicative of a caviling and narrow-minded disposition in his interlocutor. ...

— Sword and Gown - A Novel • George A. Lawrence

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... power and a sort of melancholy human sympathy; her voice was full-toned, though low, and wonderfully modulated. We were frequently interrupted by people just coming in, and with each and all she exchanged a few phrases appropriate to the position, pursuit, or character of her interlocutor, immediately to revert to the subject of our conversation with the utmost ...

— Philip Gilbert Hamerton • Philip Gilbert Hamerton et al

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... replied, and again scanned his interlocutor from head to foot with his keen grey eyes. There was something inconsistent, not to say suspicious, in the whole appearance of the stranger. His cloak was stained and shabby, and his words humble; but there was a fire in his eye that flashed forth seemingly in spite of ...

— Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine -- Volume 54, No. 335, September 1843 • Various

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... French language—which she had acquired perfectly in an elegant finishing establishment in Kensington Square—had a great advantage over her mother, who could only pursue the dialogue with very much difficulty, eying one or other interlocutor with an alarmed and suspicious look, and gasping out "We" whenever she thought a proper opportunity arose for ...

— A Little Dinner at Timmins's • William Makepeace Thackeray

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... interlocutor. "Then I guess we'll have all that stuff—your stock of provisions, I reckon—out of her, and then we'll unship the lee gangway and run her inboard fisherman fashion. It'll be quicker than riggin' tackles; and I'm in an almighty big hurry." He faced forward ...

— Turned Adrift • Harry Collingwood

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