Hypertext Webster Gateway: "arbitrator"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Arbitrator \Ar"bi*tra`tor\, n. [L., fr. arbitrari: cf. F.
arbitrateur.]
1. A person, or one of two or more persons, chosen by parties
who have a controversy, to determine their differences.
See {Arbitration}.
2. 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. --Milton.
Masters of their own terms and arbitrators of a
peace. --Addison.
Syn: Judge; umpire; referee; arbiter. See {Judge}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
arbitrator
n : someone chosen to judge and decide a disputed issue [syn: {arbiter}]
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