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noun

Arbiter n.

A person appointed, or chosen, by parties to determine a controversy between them. Note: In modern usage, arbitrator is the technical word.

Any person who has the power of judging and determining, or ordaining, without control; one whose power of deciding and governing is not limited. "For Jove is arbiter of both to man."

Synonyms: Arbitrator; umpire; director; referee; controller; ruler; governor.

verb

Arbiter v. t. To act as arbiter between. (Obs.)

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"Arbiter" Quotes from Famous Books

... grant the demands of the States rather than to fall in with the subtle plans of France. He felt with regret that he could not consult Franklin regarding this proceeding, which he undertook upon his own sole responsibility. It put Shelburne in a singular position, as arbiter between two nations enemies of England and allies of each other, but each manoeuvring to secure its own advantage at the cost of its friend, and to that end presuming to advise him upon English interests. He did not ponder long before accepting the American ...

— Benjamin Franklin • John Torrey Morse, Jr.

... man, as it had been his instinct to do. After all, he was William Day's son; the son of the one friend whom, in all his life, he had made. The son of the widow of Bridge Street, also; and he, George Boult, had been the arbiter of her destiny, of the destiny of her children, and was proud of the fact. The result had not been altogether satisfactory. No amount of teaching or of bullying would ever make a business woman of the mother; but then he knew that ...

— Mrs. Day's Daughters • Mary E. Mann

... number of British officers during their time of service in the Dardanelles, and wagers were made among them. The question at issue was as to which smells the louder, a goat or a Turk. The colonel was made arbiter. He sat judicially in his tent, and a goat was brought in. The colonel fainted. After the officer had been revived, and was deemed able to continue his duty as referee, a Turk was brought into the tent. ...

— Jokes For All Occasions - Selected and Edited by One of America's Foremost Public Speakers • Anonymous

... and not sanctioned by those of Spain or Mexico. Subject to this novel principle the crudely extemporized rules of the miners were to be recognized as law, and this system of instability and uncertainty made the basis of title and the arbiter of all disputes, instead of sweeping it away and ushering in a system of permanence and peace through the well-appointed agency of the Land Department. It was easy to see that this was an act to encourage litigation and for the benefit of lawyers, and not to promote ...

— Political Recollections - 1840 to 1872 • George W. Julian

... child. The night was cold, and attended with a fall of snow and hail. Reflecting upon her disconsolate condition, she resolved to return again in the morning, and with the feelings of a wife and a mother to plead her cause before the arbiter of her fate, and endeavour ...

— Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 3 (of 3) • James Athearn Jones

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