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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A female interlocutor.
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Examples
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Her interlocutress was her sister, and even in a discussion with a person long since initiated she was not incapable of feeling that her beauty was a new advantage.
A London Life and Other Tales Henry James 1879
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All the same, I pressed my interlocutress, "I promise you I would have told!"
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I ended by making my interlocutress believe that I was an honorable person, though of course I did not even attempt to persuade her that I was not an eccentric one.
The Aspern Papers 1888
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I looked at Jeffrey Aspern's face in the little picture, partly in order not to look at that of my interlocutress, which had begun to trouble me, even to frighten me a little -- it was so self-conscious, so unnatural.
The Aspern Papers 1888
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Colonel might be depended on, they would spend at Fawns; and nothing came home to her more, in this connection, or inspired her with a more intimate interest, than her sense of absolutely seeing her interlocutress forbear to observe that Charlotte's view of a long visit, even from such allies, was there to be reckoned with.
The Golden Bowl — Complete Henry James 1879
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Mrs. Farrinder inquired, looking at her interlocutress, up and down, with the eye of business, in which there was a certain chill.
The Bostonians, Vol. I (of II) Henry James 1879
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Colonel might be depended on, they would spend at Fawns; and nothing came home to her more, in this connection, or inspired her with a more intimate interest, than her sense of absolutely seeing her interlocutress forbear to observe that Charlotte's view of a long visit, even from such allies, was there to be reckoned with.
The Golden Bowl — Volume 2 Henry James 1879
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Vanderbank's face it was in all probability caught by his interlocutress, who superficially, however, need have recognised there -- what was all she showed -- but the right manner of waiting for dinner.
The Awkward Age Henry James 1879
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And the effect, for his interlocutress, was still further to be deepened.
The Golden Bowl — Complete Henry James 1879
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And the effect, for his interlocutress, was still further to be deepened.
The Golden Bowl — Volume 1 Henry James 1879
yarb commented on the word interlocutress
A female interlocutor.
'"What have you got?" Mrs. Farrinder inquired, looking at her interlocutress, up and down, with the eye of business, in which there was a certain chill.'
- Henry James, The Bostonians.
January 15, 2008