Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One of the speakers in a dialogue or conversation; an interlocutor.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One of the speakers in a dialogue.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Any of the people engaged in a
conversation
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Examples
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Hadji Murád remained silent for a while (he never interrupted any one, but always waited to see whether his collocutor had not something more to say).
Hadji Murad 1904
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"Oh yes," replied Clifford, eyeing his collocutor.
The Emancipated George Gissing 1880
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She spoke in a high but not unmusical note, very quickly, and with timid glances to either side of her collocutor.
Eve's Ransom George Gissing 1880
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Observation of his collocutor led him shortly to alter his tone a little.
Thyrza George Gissing 1880
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