interlocutor

English Thesaurus

1. a person who takes part in a conversation (noun.person)

hypernym	:	conversationalist, conversationist, schmoozer,
definition	:	someone skilled at conversation (noun.person)

2. the performer in the middle of a minstrel line who engages the others in talk (noun.person)

hypernym	:	minstrel,
definition	:	a performer in a minstrel show (noun.person)

member meronym	:	minstrel show,
definition	:	a troupe of performers in blackface typically giving a comic program of negro songs and jokes (noun.group)