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noun
One who interferes, intrudes or gets involved where not welcome, particularly a self-interested intruder.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
An unlicensed or illegitimate trader.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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noun
someone who intrudes on the privacy or property of another without permission
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: intruder, trespasser
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: unwelcome person, persona non grata, entrant
Narrower terms: boarder, gatecrasher, crasher, unwelcome guest, infiltrator, invader, encroacher, penetrator, prowler, sneak, stalker, pusher, thruster, squatter, stranger, alien, unknown
History
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.
Across languages
21 source translations are retained for this English entry.
