interlocutress
English
editEtymology
editFrom interlocutor + -ess.
Noun
editinterlocutress (plural interlocutresses)
- A female interlocutor.[1]
- Synonyms: interlocutrice, interlocutrix
- 1902, Henry James, The Wings of the Dove:
- Milly hereupon replied appreciatively that such a description of herself made her feel as if pink paper were her dress and lavender its trimming; but Aunt Maud was not to be deterred by a weak joke from keeping it up. Her interlocutress could feel besides that she kept it up in perfect sincerity.
Translations
editfemale interlocutor
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References
edit- ^ Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.