interponent

English

Noun

interponent (plural interponents)

1. One who, or that which, interposes; an interloper; an opponent.
   • c. 1630, Thomas Heywood, A Challenge for Beauty:

     Lop downe these interponents that withstand
     The passage to our throne

References

• “interponent”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Latin

Verb

interpōnent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of interpōnō