单词 | interloper |
释义 | interloper/ˈɪntələʊpə /noun A person who becomes involved in a place or situation where they are not wanted or are considered not to belong: Japanese consumers have in the past been unreceptive to foreign interlopers in the cell phone market to her I was always an outsider, an interloper...
Synonyms intruder, encroacher, trespasser, invader, infiltrator, unwanted person, unwanted visitor, uninvited guest; outsider, stranger, immigrant, foreigner, alien, newcomer informal gatecrasher Derivativesinterlope
OriginLate 16th century (denoting an unauthorized trader trespassing on the rights of a trade monopoly): from inter- 'amid' + -loper as in archaic landloper 'vagabond' (from Middle Dutch landlooper).
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