Hypertext Webster Gateway: "interloper"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Interloper \In"ter*lo`per\ (?; 277), n. [Pref. inter- + D.
looper a runner, fr. loopen to run; akin to E. leap. See
{Leap}, and cf. {Elope}.]
One who interlopes; one who interlopes; one who unlawfully
intrudes upon a property, a station, or an office; one who
interferes wrongfully or officiously.

The untrained man, . . . the interloper as to the
professions. --I. Taylor.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

interloper
n : someone who intrudes on the privacy or property of another
without permission [syn: {intruder}, {trespasser}]


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