interlocutor means A person who takes part in dialogue or conversation: a locutive partner. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 77 out of 100.
interlocutor is pronounced /ˌɪntəˈlɒkjʊtə/.
Why “interlocutor” is a great word
INTERLOCUTOR — [Noun] A person who takes part in a dialogue or conversation. From Medieval Latin interlocūtor, an agent noun from Latin interloquī ("to speak between, interrupt"), from inter- ("between") + loquī ("to speak"). First attested in English in the early 16th century. Unlike a "monologist" (who declaims into silence) or a "spectator" (who merely observes), an interlocutor is forged in the reciprocal act of exchange. It is the second voice in a hushed confessional, the patient questioner across a late-night table, the measured reply that turns a rant into a debate—the necessary human counterweight without which all speech is just a sound flung into an empty room.
noun
- A person who takes part in dialogue or conversation: a locutive partner.“Explanations which continually remind one's interlocutor of one's ignorance are a great damper upon the easy flow of talk.”
- A man in the middle of the line in a minstrel show who questions the endmen and acts as leader.“The "interlocutor" greeted the audience and engaged in comical repartee with the "end men," named Tambo and Bones.”
- An interlocutory judgement or sentence.
- A decree of a court.“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.”