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interlocutor

[in-ter-lok-yuh-ter] / ˌɪn tərˈlɒk jə tər /


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In a combative setting, Vance can dismantle an argument, redirect a question and put his interlocutor on the defensive.

From Salon Jun. 17, 2026

Langbein’s Monica — having finally transcended her past and ascended to spiritual omniscience — becomes Jean’s interlocutor.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 22, 2026

What kind of prime minister will he be at home, or as an interlocutor for Hungary's allies abroad?

From BBC Apr. 13, 2026

“Our way was Trita Parsi, right?” his student interlocutor asked.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 5, 2026

Mobile and flexible, it was never intended to be compressed in the eternal silence of solitude: it is a mouth which should speak much and smile often, and have human affection for its interlocutor.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

Enter Sleek, the crabby tabby cat, and the Rev. Vicarious Cronch, the biblically recondite goat: interlocutors, speaking beasts.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

In February, the Miami Herald listed her as one of Secretary of State Marco Rubio's interlocutors, along with Raul Guillermo Rodriguez Castro, grandson of former president Raul Castro.

From Barron's Apr. 7, 2026

What Homan lacks in eloquence—he frequently slurs his words and can be hard to understand—he makes up for with a savant’s command of names and numbers and a willingness to shout down interlocutors.

From Slate Jan. 20, 2025

His European interlocutors nodded but without much evident enthusiasm.

From BBC Oct. 2, 2024

That’s how we pick up accents— sometimes to the extent that our interlocutors think they’re being mocked—and how we lose them.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith




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