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interloper

n.
US //ˈɪntɝˌɫoʊpɝ// UK //ˌɪntəlˈəʊpɐ// in·ter·lop·er Archaic
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Origin

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.

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