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[ in-ter-loh-per ] / ˈɪn tərˌloʊ pər / SEE SYNONYMS FOR interloper ON THESAURUS.COM
nouna person who interferes or meddles in the affairs of others: He was an atheist who felt like an interloper in this religious gathering. an intruder; trespasser. a person who intrudes into some region or field of trade without a proper license. Origin of interloperFirst recorded in 1585–95; inter- + lope + -er1 Words nearby interloperinterlocking directorates, interlocution, interlocutor, interlocutory, interlope, interloper, interlude, interlunar, interlunation, intermarriage, intermarry Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for interloperEloy may have been an interloper in the catwalk world, but Galliano's idiosyncratic creative ethic is what lured him in. Paris' Sad Galliano Expo|Tracy McNicoll|June 21, 2011|DAILY BEAST Are you afraid of being thought of as an interloper—a young, left-wing woman from Britain writing about American business? Ken Lay Lives!|Kevin Sessums|April 26, 2010|DAILY BEAST Then why demand of Ailes that his opera bouffe company treat you as anything other than an interloper? How Fox News Outsmarted the White House|John Batchelor|October 14, 2009|DAILY BEAST Thus satisfied that I was not an interloper, he moved his vehicle and allowed me to pass. Gates’ Historical Baggage|Mansfield Frazier|July 26, 2009|DAILY BEAST
Suddenly I realize, sitting here looking at her defend herself against an interloper like me, how wrong I have been about her. Behind the Glow|Kevin Sessums|October 6, 2008|DAILY BEAST Over in her corner, between young Billings and the interloper, Stuart, Sue was having a beautiful time. Blue Bonnet in Boston|Caroline E. Jacobs He is the same man who inveigled you on board the interloper Good Intent and delivered you to the Pirate? In Clive's Command|Herbert Strang This was their own country where they belonged and where the railroad was the interloper. The Shepherd of the North|Richard Aumerle Maher From this vantage point I scanned the surrounding country for signs of the interloper. Explorers of the Dawn|Mazo de la Roche What kind of errand had brought this interloper into our territory?
British Dictionary definitions for interloper
nounan intruder a person who introduces himself into professional or social circles where he does not belong a person who interferes in matters that are not his concern a person who trades unlawfully Word Origin for interloperC17: from inter- + loper, from Middle Dutch loopen to leap Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to interlopertrespasser, intruder, alien, meddler, busybody, intermeddler, obtruder |