This week's theme
What to call people at work

This week's words
factotum
interlocutor
confrere
protege
fugleman

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A.Word.A.Day

PRONUNCIATION:

(in-tuhr-LOK-yuh-tuhr, -yoo-)

MEANING:

noun: One who takes part in a conversation or dialogue, especially as a representative of an organization.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Latin inter- (between) + loqui (to speak). Earliest documented use: 1518.

USAGE:

"During the meeting, the two interlocutors spoke about the existing relations between the two countries."
Ambassador Meets With Chief Executive of Macau; Angola Press Agency (Luanda); Oct 30, 2007.

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