"interloper" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌɪntəˈləʊ̯pə/ [UK], /ˌɪɾ̃ɚˈloʊ̯pɚ/ [US], /ˌɪntɚˈloʊ̯pɚ/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-interloper.wav [US] Forms: interlopers [plural]
Etymology: 1590s, 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. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|inter|loper|t2=runner, rover}} inter- + loper (“runner, rover”), {{m|en|landloper||vagrant}} landloper (“vagrant”), {{m|en|lope||to leap, to jump}} lope (“to leap, to jump”), {{m|en|enterloper}} enterloper Head templates: {{en-noun}} interloper (plural interlopers)
  1. One who interferes, intrudes or gets involved where not welcome, particularly a self-interested intruder. Categories (topical): People Translations (one who interferes): indringer (Dutch), tungettelija (Finnish), tunkeilija (Finnish), intrus (French), Eindringling [masculine] (German), betolakodó (Hungarian), boðflenna [feminine] (Icelandic), aðskotadýr [neuter] (Icelandic), intruso [masculine] (Italian), натрапник (natrapnik) [masculine] (Macedonian), kaiauwaha (Maori), kaihūrau (Maori), inntrenger [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), natręt [masculine] (Polish), uljez (Serbo-Croatian), intruso (Spanish), entremetido [masculine] (Spanish), inkräktare [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-interloper-en-noun-~S~QqDrO Disambiguation of People: 98 2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with inter- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 45 55 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with inter-: 53 47 Disambiguation of 'one who interferes': 91 9
  2. (obsolete) An unlicensed or illegitimate trader. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-interloper-en-noun-SeR9RPEt Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with inter- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 45 55 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with inter-: 53 47
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Inflected forms

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