The Only Use of
interloper
in
Heart of Darkness
- They had sailed from Deptford, from Greenwich, from Erith—the adventurers and the settlers; kings' ships and the ships of men on 'Change; captains, admirals, the dark "interlopers" of the Eastern trade, and the commissioned "generals" of East India fleets.†
Chpt 1
Definition:
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(interloper) someone or something that, without invitation, inserts itself -- such as an uninvited guest at a party or a species that invades non-native territory