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The person on/at the other end of the line

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Xinfu
July 04, 2015, 05:59 AM
What do you call the person on/at the other end of the line (=telephone line)? An opponent?

Rusty
July 04, 2015, 06:48 AM
We usually just say 'the person on the phone' or 'the person on the other end of the line' if we aren't providing the person's identity or relationship to us.

'Opponent' would not be used.
'Interlocutor' may be used, but this isn't a common word.

Xinfu
July 06, 2015, 03:54 AM
Thank you.