interloper
English
Etymology
1590s, from inter- + loper (“runner, rover”), as in landloper (“vagrant”) (from lope (“to leap, to jump”) (originally dialectal). Originally spelt enterloper and used in specific sense “unauthorized trader trespassing on privileges of chartered companies”, later general sense of “self-interested intruder” from 1630s.[1]
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ɪntəˈləʊpə/
Noun
interloper (plural interlopers)
- (obsolete) An unlicensed or illegitimate trader.
- One who interferes, intrudes or gets involved where not welcome, particularly a self-interested intruder.
- They disliked the interloper, and forced him to leave.
Translations
one who interferes
See also
References
- “interloper” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2019.
Further reading
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