federatorn.
/ˈfɛdəreɪtə/, U.S. /ˈfɛdəˌreɪdər/ A person who or thing which establishes a federation; (also) a member of a federation. Formerly also: †one who makes a treaty or covenant (obsolete).
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1693 I. Chauncy Neonomianism Unmask'd ii. viii. 136 The Performance of any Work, or doing any Act as a Federal Condition, let it be never so small, the promising Federator becomes indebted thereby to bestow the Benefit promised on the Confœderator.
1792 London Chron. 7 July 31/3 The federators of Toulouse and Montpellier had also been called upon.
1811 S. E. Pierce Serm. Doctrinal, Exper. & Pract. Subj. ii. 37 The cherubims of glory..are, by some considered as, expressive of the divine fœderators.
1879 J. Martineau Ess., Rev., & Addr. (1891) IV. 271 It's [sc. religion's] power..as a federator of nations..is freely admitted.
1901 Wide World Mag. 6 472/2 Professor Bickerton himself paying on the same scale as any other Federator.
1968 Life 17 May 50/2 The federation of Europe is not a utopia; it is inevitable. The American challenge will be the federator. It would have taken us centuries to get together otherwise. Now America forces us.
2002 Studies: Irish Q. Rev. 91 155 These concerns are reflected in the European debate, which centres on the immediate necessity for a core federator and, in the long run, a constitution.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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