interloper

== English == === Etymology === 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. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌɪntəˈləʊ̯pə/ (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ˌɪntɚˈloʊ̯pɚ/, /ˌɪntɚˈloʊ̯pɚ/ (Australian) IPA(key): /ˌɪntəˈlæɔ̯pə/ === Noun === interloper (plural interlopers) One who interferes, intrudes or gets involved where not welcome, particularly a self-interested intruder. [from 1630s] (obsolete) An unlicensed or illegitimate trader. [1590s to ?] ==== Related terms ==== interlope lope ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== === References === === Further reading === Interloper in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)