interlocutor
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in·ter·loc·u·tor
(ĭn′tər-lŏk′yə-tər)n.
1. Someone who takes part in a conversation, often formally or officially.
2. The performer in a minstrel show who is placed midway between the end men and engages in banter with them.
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interlocutor
(ˌɪntəˈlɒkjʊtə)n
1. a person who takes part in a conversation
2. Also called: middleman the man in the centre of a troupe of minstrels who engages the others in talk or acts as announcer
3. (Law) Scots law a decree by a judge
ˌinterˈlocutress, ˌinterˈlocutrice, ˌinterˈlocutrix fem n
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in•ter•loc•u•tor
(ˌɪn tərˈlɒk yə tər)n.
1. a person who takes part in a conversation or dialogue.
2. a person who questions; interrogator.
3. the master of ceremonies of a minstrel show, who introduces the performers and ordinarily does not wear blackface.
[1505–15; < New Latin]
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Noun 1. interlocutor - the performer in the middle of a minstrel line who engages the others in talk
minstrel - a performer in a minstrel show
2. interlocutor - a person who takes part in a conversation
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Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
interlocutor
[ˌɪntərˈlɒkjʊtər] n → interlocuteur/trice m/f
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
interlocutor
n → Gesprächspartner(in) m(f); (asking questions) → Fragesteller(in) m(f)
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
interlocutor
[ˌɪntəˈlɒkjʊtəʳ] n (frm) → interlocutore/triceCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995