HOW TO PRONOUNCE
interlocutor
/ˌɪn.təɹˈlɑk.jə.təɹ/
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What does interlocutor mean?
noun
- A person who takes part in dialogue or conversation: a locutive partner.
- A man in the middle of the line in a minstrel show who questions the endmen and acts as leader.
- An interlocutory judgement or sentence.
More meanings (1)
noun
- A decree of a court.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˌɪn.təɹˈlɑk.jə.təɹ/
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/ˌɪn.təɹˈlɑ.kə.təɹ//ˌɪn.təɹˈlɑk.ju.təɹ/
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In the pages of books
See this word in context.
A tremendous roar of laughter rang in the ears of the mysterious interlocutor, who glared fiercely round upon the assembly.
“Mr. Giovanelli, at least,” she said, giving her interlocutor a single glance, “never says such very disagreeable things to me.”
More book examples (3)
He wore the air of a man who was ready to return to business whenever the wayward mood of his interlocutor permitted.
But the mere fact that your interlocutor lives in the forest, while you normally inhabit the towns, does not necessarily give him authority.
The old gentleman asserted that he could judge of the intelligence of his interlocutor by the manner in which the latter received this story.