interlocutor
pronunciation
How to pronounce interlocutor in British English:
UK [ˌɪntəˈlɒkjətə(r)]
How to pronounce interlocutor in American English:
US [ˌɪntərˈlɑkjətə(r)]
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- Noun:
- the performer in the middle of a minstrel line who engages the others in talk
- a person who takes part in a conversation
Word Origin
- interlocutor (n.)
- 1510s, agent noun from Latin interlocut-, past participle stem of interloqui "interrupt," from inter- "between" (see inter-) + loqui "to speak" (see locution). Related: Interlocutory.
Example
- 1. It must also reassure foreign governments that it can be a worthy interlocutor .
- 2. He was a more palatable interlocutor for the west than mr putin had been .
- 3. Instead , london , berlin and paris often seemed to be competing to be beijing 's chosen interlocutor .
- 4. Nicolas sarkozy may be the first french president who does not see the archbishop of paris as a natural interlocutor .
- 5. Second , because mr paulson carries political clout at home and is beijing 's most receptive and sophisticated us interlocutor .