interloper

[in-ter-loh-per] / ˈɪn tərˌloʊ pər /

NOUN

person who intrudes, meddles

Synonyms

STRONGEST

intruder trespasser

STRONG

alien busybody meddler

WEAK

intermeddler obtruder uninvited guest unwanted visitor

Example Sentences

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To manage this unruliness in the play’s first half, the director, Chay Yew, over-relies on the same gimmick: Interlopers scurry out from the right or left side of the audience in a continuous loop.

From New York Times • Mar. 29, 2024

Interlopers risked finding their cars covered with surf wax and sand, or being confronted in the water, said Lockwood.

From The Guardian • May 18, 2015

Some Account of the French Interlopers in Chili, 55 § 8.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 11 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time by Kerr, Robert

"To think of my running away like this with two—two—" "Interlopers," I suggested.

From My Lady Caprice by Farnol, Jeffery

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