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interlocutor

interlocutor

noun een-tehr-loh-koo-TOHR Rare
Communication Expressions

Origin: From Latin interlocutor, from interloqui (to speak between).

Also means

spokesperson

Usage Note

Interlocutor refers to either party in a dialogue, or to the official representative through whom negotiations are conducted: el principal interlocutor del gobierno (the government's chief negotiating partner). The feminine form is interlocutora. It is a formal register word rarely used in casual conversation.

Examples

"El sindicato buscó un interlocutor válido."

Natural Translation

The union sought a valid interlocutor.

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