INTERLOCUTOR

Interlocutor

In linguistics, discourse analysis, and related fields an interlocutor is a person involved in a conversation or dialogue. Two or more people speaking to one another are each other's interlocutors. The terms conversation partner, hearer, or addressee are sometimes used interchangeably with interlocutor.

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interlocutor

Noun

  1. A person who takes part in dialogue or conversation.
  2. A man in the middle of the line in a minstrel show who questions the end men and acts as leader.
  3. An interlocutory judgement or sentence.

Noun (etymology 2)

  1. A decree of a court.


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