Interlocutor

Definitions

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

Equivalents

Examples

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

“In the run-up to his return⟳ to the White House next Monday, Mr. Trump has rattled the world, and America’s neighborhood in particular, with a list of objectives – buying Greenland, seizing the Panama Canal, making Canada the 51st state – that treat⟳ friendly nations as weak interlocutors and impediments to be subdued.”

“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.”

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