ARBITRATOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does arbitrator mean? 

• ARBITRATOR (noun)
  The noun ARBITRATOR has 1 sense:

1. someone chosen to judge and decide a disputed issue

  Familiarity information: ARBITRATOR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ARBITRATOR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone chosen to judge and decide a disputed issue

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

arbiter; arbitrator; umpire

Context example:

an umpire was appointed to settle the tax case

Hypernyms ("arbitrator" is a kind of...):

evaluator; judge (an authority who is able to estimate worth or quality)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "arbitrator"):

third party (someone other than the principals who are involved in a transaction)

Derivation:

arbitrate (act between parties with a view to reconciling differences)