interloper

Significado (Inglés)

  1. One who interferes, intrudes or gets involved where not welcome, particularly a self-interested intruder.
  2. (obsolete) An unlicensed or illegitimate trader.

Traducións

Schleichhändler

burnunu sokan kimse

zorla giren şey

izinsiz giren kimse

المتطفّل

karışan tip

Frecuencia

49k
Pronúnciase como (IPA)
/ˌɪntəˈləʊ̯pə/
Etimoloxía (Inglés)

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.

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