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• interlocutour (obsolete)

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˌɪntəˈlɒkjʊtə/, /ˌɪntəˈlɒkjətə/
• (General American) IPA: /ˌɪn.təɹˈlɑk.jə.təɹ/, /ˌɪn.təɹˈlɑ.kə.təɹ/, /ˌɪn.təɹˈlɑk.ju.təɹ/

語源 1

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”).

名詞

interlocutor (plural interlocutors)

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

   Synonyms: converser, conversant, conversationalist, partner, collocutor

   Coordinate terms: asker, answerer, correspondent, interviewer, interviewee, penpal

   • 1894, Calvin Thomas, “The Teacher's Outfit in German”, in The School Review, volume 2, number 7, page 406:

     Explanations which continually remind one's interlocutor of one's ignorance are a great damper upon the easy flow of talk.

   • 2025 January 14, Howard LaFranchi, “In Biden-Trump handoff, a foreign policy shift for a changed world?”, in The Christian Science Monitor:

     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.

2. A man in the middle of the line in a minstrel show who questions the endmen and acts as leader.
   • 1991, Maureen Costonis, “Martha Graham's American Document: A Minstrel Show in Modern Dance Dress”, in American Music, volume 9, number 3, page 299:

     The "interlocutor" greeted the audience and engaged in comical repartee with the "end men," named Tambo and Bones.

3. (law) An interlocutory judgement or sentence.

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語源 2

From French interlocutoire, from Latin interlocūtōrium.

名詞

interlocutor (plural interlocutors)

1. (Scots law) A decree of a court.
   • 1869, “The Judicial System of Scotland”, in The American Law Register (1852-1891), volume 17, number 5, page 257:

     A decree of the English Court of Chancery is not entitled to more respect in Scotland than a decree (interlocutor) of the Scottish Court of Session in England.