interponent

English

Noun

interponent (plural interponents)

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

third-person plural future active indicative of interpōnō

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