interlocutor

Definition

A person who takes part in dialogue or conversation: a locutive partner.

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin interlocūtor, from the agent noun counterpart (via the suffix -tor) of Latin interloquor (“speak between, issue an interlocutory decree”), from inter- + loquor (“speak”).

Example Sentences

• "Explanations which continually remind one's interlocutor of one's ignorance are a great damper upon the easy flow of talk."
• "In the run-up to his return to the White House next Monday, Mr. Trump has rattled the world, and America’s neighborhood in particular, with a list of objectives – buying Greenland, seizing the Panama Canal, making Canada the 51st state – that treat friendly nations as weak interlocutors and impediments to be subdued."
• "The "interlocutor" greeted the audience and engaged in comical repartee with the "end men," named Tambo and Bones."

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