INTERLOCUTOR

Interlocutor: (n.) someone who participates in a conversation Syn: conversationalist, talker Ant: listener Near the end of act IV, Danforth attempts to be an //interlocutor// by speaking with Proctor, but proctor does not give him any time to join in the conversation. Many people wish that their politicians were peaceful //interlocutors//, but normally the conversation stops, and there is only a yelling match