interlocutor

In a combative setting, Vance can dismantle an argument, redirect a question and put his interlocutor on the defensive.

From Salon ● Jun. 17, 2026

Langbein’s Monica — having finally transcended her past and ascended to spiritual omniscience — becomes Jean’s interlocutor.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 2026

Plausible, but it requires a coherent Iranian interlocutor capable of delivering a durable agreement.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 12, 2026

But I could see his interlocutor was completely ignoring him as he'd thought of his own killer point and couldn't wait to slam-dunk it.

From BBC ● Mar. 7, 2026

Mobile and flexible, it was never intended to be compressed in the eternal silence of solitude: it is a mouth which should speak much and smile often, and have human affection for its interlocutor.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

After long calls with Mr. Netanyahu and Lebanese interlocutors, on Monday afternoon Mr. Trump announced a new cease-fire in Lebanon: “They agreed that all shooting will stop,” he wrote on Truth Social.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 1, 2026

Dialogue with Putin should take place without "too many interlocutors, with a given mandate", he said.

From Barron's ● Feb. 10, 2026

What Homan lacks in eloquence—he frequently slurs his words and can be hard to understand—he makes up for with a savant’s command of names and numbers and a willingness to shout down interlocutors.

From Slate ● Jan. 20, 2025

"It's the local designers, the local translators, the trusted human interlocutors and elements within that system that elevate digital tools into something useful," he says.

From BBC ● Jan. 10, 2025

That’s how we pick up accents— sometimes to the extent that our interlocutors think they’re being mocked—and how we lose them.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith