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発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˌɪntəˈləʊ̯pə/
• (General American, Canada) IPA: /ˌɪntɚˈloʊ̯pɚ/, /ˌɪntɚˈloʊ̯pɚ/
• (General Australian) IPA: /ˌɪntəˈlæɔ̯pə/

名詞

interloper (plural interlopers)

1. One who interferes, intrudes or gets involved where not welcome, particularly a self-interested intruder. [from 1630s]

   They disliked the interloper, and forced him to leave.

   • 2023 November 13, Rosalind Jana, “Saltburn and the bizarre life of Britain's stately homes”, in BBC‎:

     In a button-up plaid shirt with an unwieldly suitcase, he is an interloper from another world – one whose first social faux pas is to make his way slowly through the various gates and arrive at the imposing front door on foot, rather than wait to be picked up from the train station by a servant.

2. (obsolete) An unlicensed or illegitimate trader. [1590s to ?]

関連する語

• interlope
• lope

参考

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Further reading

• Interloper in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)