interloper
One who interferes, intrudes, or gets involved where not welcomeOne who interferes, intrudes, or gets involved where not welcome; particularly, a self-interested intruder.
» You should know that I don't take kindly to interlopers.
Meaning
2 sensesOne who interferes, intrudes, or gets involved where not welcome; particularly, a self-interested intruder.
They disliked the interloper, and forced him to leave.
Eindringling
(obsolete)An unlicensed or illegitimate trader.
- someone who intrudes on the privacy or property of another without permission
Examples
3 sentencesYou should know that I don't take kindly to interlopers.
We felt like interlopers.
Tom felt like an interloper.
ruТом почувствовал себя непрошеным гостем.
Translations
5 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From inter- + loper (“runner, rover”), as in landloper (“vagrant”) (from lope (“to leap, tFrom 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.
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Forms
plural: interlopers| Singular | interloper |
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Synonyms
2 synonyms- someone who intrudes on the privacy or property of another without permission:intrudertrespasser