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单词 interloper
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(ɪntəʳloʊpəʳ)
Word forms: plural interlopers
countable noun
If you describe someone as an interloper, you mean that they have come into a situation or a place where they are not wanted or do not belong.
[disapproval]
She had no wish to share her father with any outsider and regarded us as interlopers.
Synonyms: trespasser, intruder, gate-crasher [informal], uninvited guest More Synonyms of interloper

interloper in British English

(ˈɪntəˌləʊpə)
noun
1. 
an intruder
2. 
a person who gains entry into professional or social circles where he or she does not belong
3. 
a person who interferes in matters that are not his or her concern
4. 
a person who trades unlawfully
Word origin
C17: from inter- + loper, from Middle Dutch loopen to leap

interloper in American English

(ˈɪntərˌloʊpər)
noun
1.  Archaic
a. 
an unauthorized trading vessel in areas assigned to monopolies or chartered companies
b. 
any unauthorized trader
2. 
a person who meddles in others' affairs
Word origin
inter- + -loper < landloper, a vagrant < Du < land, land + loper, a runner < lopen, to run: see leap

Examples of 'interloper' in a sentence
interloper

The human interloper can feel simultaneously alone and yet surrounded by such an abundance of life that no single person could put a name to it all.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
(noun) 
Definition
a person in a place or situation where he or she has no right to be
She had no wish to share her father with any interloper.
Synonyms
trespasser
Trespassers will be prosecuted.
intruder
He disturbed an intruder in the farmhouse.
gate-crasher (informal)
uninvited guest
meddler
unwanted visitor
intermeddler

Additional synonyms

in the sense of intruder
Definition
a person who enters a place without permission
He disturbed an intruder in the farmhouse.
Synonyms
trespasser,
burglar,
invader,
squatter,
prowler,
interloper,
infiltrator,
gate-crasher (informal)

Nearby words of
interloper

  • interlaced
  • interlink
  • interlock
  • interloper
  • interlude
  • intermediary
  • intermediate

Synonyms of 'interloper'

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