interlocker

English

Etymology

From interlock +‎ -er.

Noun

interlocker (plural interlockers)

1. A device that interlocks.
   • 1933, Interstate Commerce Commission Reports:

     Signals and interlockers. — The Nickel Plate has 24 interlocking plants on its lines, of which 20 are mechanically operated and 4 electrically operated.

2. A person who holds more than one role in a power structure.
   • 2000, Bill Bramwell, Bernard Lane, Tourism Collaboration and Partnerships: Politics, Practice and Sustainability:

     In 1995 the attention of the interlockers shifted away from their unresolved differences about sustainability to the consideration of specific policy options of particular interest to each.