interlocutor
noun/ˌɪntəˈlɒkjətə(r)/
/ˌɪntərˈlɑːkjətər/
(formal)- a person taking part in a conversation with you
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- a person or an organization that talks to another person or organization when acting for somebody else
Word Originearly 16th cent.: modern Latin, from Latin interlocut- ‘interrupted (by speech)’, from the verb interloqui, from inter- ‘between’ + loqui ‘speak’.
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