| 单词 | honest broker |
| 释义 | > as lemmashonest broker honest broker n. a person or nation acting as a diplomatic mediator between opposing nations, states, etc.; also in extended use.Originally with reference to or as an epithet of Bismarck. [After German ehrlicher Makler, originally translated as ‘honourable broker’ (see quot. 18781), used in a speech by Otto von Bismarck to the Reichstag on 19th February 1878, with reference to the role of Germany as mediator between Russia and the Ottoman Empire in a proposed conference to bring about a peaceful end to the Russo-Turkish War (1877–8).] ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > peace > pacification > [noun] > peacemaker peacemaker?a1425 make-peacea1513 pacifier1533 compounder1539 pacificator1539 truce-maker1552 ground-layer1603 stickler1615 peace-wright1718 peacemonger1808 honest broker1878 society > society and the community > dissent > absence of dissension or peace > bringing about concord or peace > [noun] > settling quarrels or disputes > arbitration > arbitrator noumperec1350 umpire?c1400 arbitrator1426 mid-man1459 wardsman1482 appointer1523 daysman1530 arbiter1548 moderator1556 oddsman1571 compromitter1579 compromiser1598 compromittee1602 umpirer1650 goodman1836 honest broker1878 leopard-skin chief1933 leopard-skin priest1951 1878 tr. O. von Bismarck in Standard 20 Feb. 5/6 To my mind, it is rather the mediation of an honourable broker, who really wishes to carry on business.] 1878 Times 27 Mar. 11/1 Prince Bismarck does not seem particularly disposed to act the ‘honest broker’ in a business which he is afraid will either bring on a split or else terminate in a hollow compromise. 1938 W. N. Medlicott Congr. of Berlin & After 135 The publication of the terms of the Austro-German agreement abrogating Article V of the treaty of Prague suggested that the honest broker had taken a bribe or reward from Austria. 1970 Times 31 Mar. (Australian Suppl.) p. ii/3 Australia acted the comparatively successful honest broker between the United States and the kingdom of Cambodia. 1992 New Statesman & Society 4 Dec. 7/2 John Denham..was brought in to act as honest broker, writing an appendix to the pamphlet that takes note of the ‘lively debate’ within the Tribune Group. 2004 Times Lit. Suppl. 24 Sept. 8/4 In her own enlightened self-interest, Germany should play the role of honest broker between Paris and London. < as lemmas |
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