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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

'ARBITRATOR, n. A person chosen by a party, or by the parties who have a controversy, to determine their differences. The act of the parties in giving power to the arbitrators is called the submission, and this may be verbal or written. The person chosen as umpire, by two arbitrators, when the parties do not agree, is also called an arbitrator.
2. An arbiter, governor, or president.
3. In a more extensive sense, an arbiter; one who has the power of deciding or prescribing without control.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: 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" [syn: arbiter, arbitrator, umpire]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 15th century one that arbitrates ; arbiter

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. a person appointed to settle a dispute; an arbiter. Derivatives: arbitratorship n. Etymology: ME f. LL (as ARBITRATION, -OR(1))

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

see arbitrate

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. Arbiter, umpire, judge, referee. 2. Arbiter, determiner, controller, ruler, master, sovereign, lord, director, governor.

Moby Thesaurus

JP, Justice, arbiter, bencher, broker, connection, contact, critic, go-between, his honor, his lordship, his worship, impartial arbitrator, indicator, interagent, intermediary, intermediate, intermedium, internuncio, interpleader, judge, justice, magistrate, mediator, medium, middleman, moderator, negotiant, negotiator, referee, third party, umpire, unbiased observer