Arbiter
['ɑːbɪtə] or ['ɑrbɪtɚ]
Definition
(noun.) someone chosen to judge and decide a disputed issue; 'the critic was considered to be an arbiter of modern literature'; 'the arbitrator's authority derived from the consent of the disputants'; 'an umpire was appointed to settle the tax case'.
(noun.) someone with the power to settle matters at will; 'she was the final arbiter on all matters of fashion'.
Inputed by Cyrus--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A person appointed, or chosen, by parties to determine a controversy between them.
(n.) Any person who has the power of judging and determining, or ordaining, without control; one whose power of deciding and governing is not limited.
(v. t.) To act as arbiter between.
Editor: Stu
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Arbitrator, umpire, judge, referee.
Edited by Jacqueline
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Arbitrator, judge, umpire, moderator, director, referee, adjudicator
ANT:Appellant, claimant, disputant, litigant
Typed by Claire
Definition
n. one chosen by parties in controversy to decide between them: a judge having absolute power of decision: an arbitrator: umpire:—fem. Ar′bitress.—ns. Ar′bitrage exercise of the functions of the arbiter; Arbit′rament Arbit′rement the decision of an arbiter: determination: choice.—v.i. Ar′bitrate to act as an arbiter: to determine.—ns. Arbitrā′tion; Ar′bitrātor (same as Arbiter):—fem. Ar′bitrātrix.—Arbitration of exchange the determination of the rate of exchange between two currencies when there are one or more intermediate places through which the operations must pass.—To submit to arbitration to defer a matter of private public or international controversy to the judgment of certain persons selected.
Typist: Maura
Examples
- God is the arbiter. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- And with a bow and a bon soir, this vague arbiter of my destiny vanished. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- They were the arbiters of fashion, the Court of last Appeal, and they knew it, and bowed to their fate. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- I looked upon them as superior beings, who would be the arbiters of my future destiny. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
Checked by Evan