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/ˈɑrbɪtrˌeɪtər/ Listen

noun

Arbitrator n.

A person, or one of two or more persons, chosen by parties who have a controversy, to determine their differences. See Arbitration.

One who has the power of deciding or prescribing without control; a ruler; a governor. "Though Heaven be shut, And Heaven's high Arbitrators sit secure." "Masters of their own terms and arbitrators of a peace."

Synonyms: Judge; umpire; referee; arbiter. See Judge.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Arbitrator" Quotes from Famous Books

... another difference between the Parisian and the country attorney. An attorney in Paris very seldom appears in court, though he is sometimes called upon to act as arbitrator (refere). Barristers, at the present day, swarm in the provinces; but in 1822 the country attorney very often united the functions of solicitor and counsel. As a result of this double life, the attorney ...

— Lost Illusions • Honore De Balzac

... as a question of international law, in accordance with Article 38 of the Hague convention for the peaceful solution of differences between nations; but it can do so only with this reservation, that the arbitrator's award shall not have the validity of a general decision as to the international legality or otherwise ...

— My Three Years in America • Johann Heinrich Andreas Hermann Albrecht Graf von Bernstorff

... agreed to arbitrate the matter if I alone would act as arbitrator. I tried hard to reason them out of this, for I felt almost certain that I would sacrifice myself in so doing. I felt that I could hardly hope to retain the friendship of both parties in such a complicated matter, over which there was so much bad feeling. But, finding ...

— Autobiography of Frank G. Allen, Minister of the Gospel - and Selections from his Writings • Frank G. Allen

... whipped lads, grown into men, disputed as to the precise spot at which they had been castigated, then the oldest inhabitant carrying a sacred picture from the church, led the perambulations, and acted as arbitrator." ...

— The Child and Childhood in Folk-Thought • Alexander F. Chamberlain

... Caesar, (and endear him to us,) An Arbitrator in all differences Betwixt you, and your Sister; this is safe now: And ...

— The False One • Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher

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