interloper

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As in “The Country of the Pointed Firs,” the novel is about the arrival of a worldly interloper to a remote, pastoral community.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

Mr. B. eventually moved on and the interloper, dubbed Shadow, moved in.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2026

The career interloper was on the cusp of becoming the establishment, if he wasn’t already.

From Slate • Sep. 10, 2025

The last time he played Glastonbury, in 2002, he was viewed as an interloper – sitting awkwardly on the bill beside the likes of The White Stripes, Coldplay and Orbital.

From BBC • Jun. 24, 2025

There I was an interloper, wandering in rooms that did not know me, sitting at a desk and in a chair that was not mine.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier