interlocutor

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
interlocutor
    n 1: the performer in the middle of a minstrel line who engages
         the others in talk [syn: {interlocutor}, {middleman}]
    2: a person who takes part in a conversation [syn:
       {interlocutor}, {conversational partner}]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Interlocutor \In`ter*loc"u*tor\ (?; 277), n. [Cf. F.
   interlocuteur.]
   [1913 Webster]
   1. One who takes part in dialogue or conversation; a talker,
      interpreter, or questioner. --Jer. Taylor.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. (Law) An interlocutory judgment or sentence.
      [1913 Webster]
from Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
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.
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