arbiter
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noun
1.
a person empowered to decide matters at issue; judge; umpire.
2.
a person who has the sole or absolute power of judging or determining.
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English arbitour, arbitre < Anglo-French, Old French < Latin arbiter
1350–1400; Middle English arbitour, arbitre < Anglo-French, Old French < Latin arbiter
Related forms
su·per·ar·bi·ter, noun
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Word Origin & History
arbiter
c.1500, from L. arbiter "one who goes somewhere (as witness or judge)," from ad- "to" + baetere "to come, go." The spec. sense of "one chosen by two disputing parties to decide the matter" is from 1540s. The earliest form of the word attested in English is the fem. noun arbitress (mid-14c.) "a woman
who settles disputes."
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Example sentences
The medical arbiter's role is only to offer information about your impairment.
He is seen as an important arbiter and disciplinarian within the family.
The market, rather than the tax system, would then be the final arbiter as to how the economy's resources were allocated.
Ultimately, though, the arbiter of truth is reality.
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