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Webster 1913 Edition

Arbitrator

Ar′bi-traˊtor

,
Noun.
[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
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Arbitrator

'ARBITRATOR

,
Noun.
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.

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