interlocutor

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After stalling for weeks, the DEA arranged for the Colombian posing as an ELN interlocutor to meet Kassis in Kenya to inspect the weapons.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026

Now he wanted to ensure that his chief American interlocutor was someone he could easily manipulate.

From Slate • Dec. 22, 2025

"He is an essential interlocutor in the region," a close associate said.

From Barron's • Oct. 27, 2025

Prior to his arrest he was described as an "interlocutor" working with the Loyalist Communities Council on transforming the UVF into a peaceful organisation.

From BBC • Jul. 16, 2025

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