Interlocutor

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Interlocutor \In`ter*loc"u*tor\ (?; 277), n. [Cf. F.
     interlocuteur.]
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     1. One who takes part in dialogue or conversation; a talker,
        interpreter, or questioner. --Jer. Taylor.
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     2. (Law) An interlocutory judgment or sentence.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  interlocutor
       n 1: the performer in the middle of a minstrel line who engages
            the others in talk [syn: {middleman}]
       2: a person who takes part in a conversation [syn: {conversational
          partner}]

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  INTERLOCUTORY. This word is applied to signify something which is done 
  between the commencement and the end of a suit or action which decides some 
  point or matter, which however is not a final decision of the matter in 
  issue; as, interlocutory judgments, or decrees or orders. Vide Judgment, 
  interlocutory.