Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: intruder
IPA transcription: [,ɪntɹ'udɚ]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: intruder, interloper, trespasser
    Meaning: someone who intrudes on the privacy or property of another without permission
Usage examples
  • (a) In part bodily activity becomes an intruder.
  • He jumped up and walked quickly to the intruder.
  • Then he recognised the intruder, it was his wife's old nurse.
  • The three made a hasty search among the trees, but the intruder had vanished, leaving no trace.
  • Should some vagrant pass near by, she hurries from her watch-tower, lifts a limb and puts the intruder to flight.
  • The intruder retired for a moment, but quickly returned to the charge, and was again "warned off," with a like result.
  • The present was not the moment for actually driving forth the intruder, for Archie was now up in London, especially under his brother's auspices.
  • The horrified intruder heard the terminal yell, and saw the maniac bound over the fire towards him, but he saw and heard no more, for his limbs became suddenly endued with something like electric vitality.
  • At first, as he spoke, there was a slight rushing movement of this group in the direction of the intruder, who at the moment was also near at hand, and now, with deliberate and stately step, made closer approach to the speaker.