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Webster 1913 Edition


Mediator

Me′di-aˊtor

,
Noun.
[L.
mediator
: cf. E.
médiateur
.]
One who mediates; especially, one who interposes between parties at variance for the purpose of reconciling them; hence, an intercessor.
For there is one God, and one
mediator
between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.
1 Tim. ii. 5.

Webster 1828 Edition


Mediator

MEDIA'TOR

,
Noun.
One that interposes between parties at variance for the purpose of reconciling them.
1.
By way of eminence, Christ is the mediator, the divine intercessor through whom sinners may be reconciled to an offended God. Tim.2.
Christ is a mediator by nature, as partaking of both natures divine and human; and mediator by office, as transacting matters between God and man.

Definition 2024


Mediator

Mediator

See also: mediator, médiator, and mediátor

German

Noun

Mediator m (genitive Mediators, plural Mediatoren)

  1. (medicine, physiology, law) mediator

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mediator

mediator

See also: Mediator, médiator, and mediátor

English

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Noun

mediator (plural mediators)

  1. One who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement.
  2. A chemical substance transmitting information to a targeted cell.

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External links

  • mediator in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • mediator in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Latin

Etymology

From mediātum, supine of mediō (be in the middle), from medius (middle).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /me.diˈaː.tor/, [mɛ.dɪˈaː.tɔr]

Noun

mediātor m (genitive mediātōris); third declension

  1. mediator, intermediary, go-between

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative mediātor mediātōrēs
genitive mediātōris mediātōrum
dative mediātōrī mediātōribus
accusative mediātōrem mediātōrēs
ablative mediātōre mediātōribus
vocative mediātor mediātōrēs

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin mediātor.

Noun

mediator m (plural mediatori, feminine equivalent mediatoare)

  1. mediator, intermediary

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