INTERLOCUTOR


Meaning of INTERLOCUTOR in English

/in'teuhr lok"yeuh teuhr/ , n.

1. a person who takes part in a conversation or dialogue.

2. the man in the middle of the line of performers in a minstrel troupe, who acts as the announcer and banters with the end men.

3. a person who questions; interrogator.

[ 1505-15; interlocu-, var. s. of interloqui to speak between ( inter- INTER- + loqui to speak) + -TOR ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .