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interpellant

[ in-ter-pel-uhnt ]

noun

  1. a person who interpellates; interpellator.


interpellant

/ ˌɪ²Ô³Ùəˈ±èÉ›±ôÉ™²Ô³Ù /

adjective

  1. causing an interpellation
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a deputy who interpellates
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of interpellant1

1865–70; < Latin interpellant- (stem of ¾±²Ô³Ù±ð°ù±è±ð±ô±ôÄå²Ô²õ ) present participle of ¾±²Ô³Ù±ð°ù±è±ð±ô±ôÄå°ù±ð to interrupt, equivalent to inter- inter- + -pellant- speaking; appellant
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Example Sentences

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He merely wished his interpellant to observe again that the unification of the literary spirit and the scientific spirit was degrading the literary man to the level of the scientific man.

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