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interlocutors
1
someone who takes an active verbal role in exchanging views as part of a multi-party discussion, conversation, or interview
- In many Platonic dialogues, Socrates acts as the main interlocutor, engaging others in philosophical discussion.
- The talk show host was an engaging interlocutor, having interesting back-and-forth exchanges with guests on the program.
- At the press conference, reporters took turns being the interlocutor by directing questions to people on the panel.
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2
the performer in the middle of a minstrel line who engages the others in talk
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