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Another word for arbiter

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Noun
      1. A person designated to determine the winner in a contest, settle a controversy, etc.
      2. One who makes estimates as to worth, quality, or fitness:
      3. An elected or appointed public official with authority to hear and decide cases in a court of law
      1. (Law) A person appointed by a court to assist a judge in the trying of a case or to hear certain types of cases.
      2. (Law) A person appointed by a court to study, take testimony in, judge, and report on, a matter
      3. An academic authority who examines and evaluates an article, book, etc. with regard to its fitness for publication
      1. A person selected to judge a dispute; arbiter, esp. one, as in collective bargaining negotiations, named with the consent of both sides
      2. A person agreed upon or appointed to judge or decide a disputed issue; an arbiter.
      3. A person to whom the authority to settle or judge a dispute is delegated.
      1. An accepted source of expert information or advice:
      2. Confidence derived from experience or practice; firm self-assurance:
      3. The power to enforce laws, exact obedience, command, determine, or judge.
    See also:

    judge

    See syn. study at

    judge

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Another word for arbiter

Noun

  1. A person, usually appointed, who decides the issues or results, or supervises the conduct, of a competition or conflict

      1. A person selected to judge a dispute; arbiter, esp. one, as in collective bargaining negotiations, named with the consent of both sides
      2. A person agreed upon or appointed to judge or decide a disputed issue; an arbiter.
      3. A person to whom the authority to settle or judge a dispute is delegated.
      1. One who makes estimates as to worth, quality, or fitness:
      2. A person designated to determine the winner in a contest, settle a controversy, etc.
      3. An elected or appointed public official with authority to hear and decide cases in a court of law
      1. A person to whom something is referred for decision
      2. (Law) A person appointed by a court to study, take testimony in, judge, and report on, a matter
      3. (Law) A person appointed by a court to assist a judge in the trying of a case or to hear certain types of cases.
      1. An official who administers the rules in certain team sports, as baseball or cricket
      2. (Sports) A person appointed to rule on plays, especially in baseball.
      3. A person chosen to render a decision in a dispute; judge; arbiter
      1. A referee.
      2. Short form of referee.
      3. (Law) Abbreviation of referee. (title)
      1. (Baseball) An umpire.
      2. An umpire.
    See also:

    decide

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Sentence Examples

  • He was the arbiter of townspeople, of feudal lords and of kings.

  • Both monarchs were eager for England's alliance, and their suit enabled Wolsey to appear for the moment as the arbiter of Europe.

  • A better arbiter between the various estates than Charles X.

  • If it was Richelieu and not the pope who was the real arbiter of destinies from 1624 to 1642, Urban VIII.

  • The judex and the arbiter had the same functions, and apparently the only express basis for the distinction between the two words is that there might be several arbitri but never more than one judex in a cause.

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