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interloper

UK/ˌɪntəˈləʊ̯pə/US/ˌɪntɚˈloʊ̯pɚ/

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interloper noun: one who interferes, intrudes, or gets involved where not welcome; particularly, a self-interested intruder.

Noun

interloper (plural interlopers)

  1. One who interferes, intrudes, or gets involved where not welcome; particularly, a self-interested intruder.
    • They disliked the interloper, and forced him to leave.
    • In a button-up plaid shirt with an unwieldly suitcase, he is an interloper from another world – one whose first social faux pas is to make his way slowly through the various gates and arrive at the imposing front door on foot, rather than wait to be picked up from the train station by a servant.2023 November 13, Rosalind Jana, “Saltburn and the bizarre life of Britain's stately homes”, in BBC
  2. (obsolete) An unlicensed or illegitimate trader.

interloper meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Telugu

interloper in Tamil

தன்னலக்காரன்

interloper in Urdu

درانداز, خدائی فوجدار, ٹانگ اڑانے والا, طفیلی

interloper in Bengali

অনধিকার প্রবেশকারী, হস্তক্ষেপকারী

interloper in Telugu

interloper, one who enjoys gratis
తేరకాడు tērakāḍu
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interloper in Malayalam
അന്യായമായി പ്രവേശിക്കുന്നവൻ, ആഗന്തുകൻ, ബലാൽപ്രവേശകൻ, വലിഞ്ഞുകയറിച്ചെല്ലുന്നവൻ
interloper in Kannada
ಅಧಿಕಪ್ರಸಂಗಿ, ನಡುವೆ ತಲೆಹಾಕುವವನು, ಮಧ್ಯ ಪ್ರವೇಶಕ, ಹಕ್ಕಿಲ್ಲದೆ ಹೊಕ್ಕವನು

Examples of interloper in a sentence

  • He drew himself to his full height and glowered at the interloper.
  • Or be found out, collared by the house detective as an interloper unworthy of the surroundings.
  • The way you talk now, Richard, apeth the voice of the interloper.

All 12 example sentences with interloper

Forms of interloper

pluralinterlopers

Origin of interloper

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.

Questions about interloper

What does interloper mean?
Interloper means one who interferes, intrudes, or gets involved where not welcome; particularly, a self-interested intruder.
What is interloper in Tamil?
Interloper in Tamil is தன்னலக்காரன். See Interloper meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is interloper?
Interloper is a noun.
How do you pronounce interloper?
Interloper is pronounced /ˌɪntəˈləʊ̯pə/ (UK).
What is the plural of interloper?
The plural of interloper is interlopers.

Words near interloper in the dictionary

  1. interloop
  2. interlopation
  3. interlopations
  4. interlope
  5. interloped
  6. interloper
  7. interlopers
  8. interlopes
  9. interlophid
  10. interloping
  11. interlopings

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Adapted from Wiktionary: interloper (page history and authors); interloper (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); interloper (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Interloper (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); తేరకాడు (Telugu) (page history and authors); interloper (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); interloper (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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