interposern.
/ɪntəˈpəʊzə/ One who or that which interposes or intervenes.
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the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > acting in another's business or intervention > [noun] > one who or that which
mellerc1450
interposer1600
intervenient1620
intervener1621
intervenent1802
1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice iii. ii. 324 No bed shall ere be guiltie of my stay, nor rest be interposer twixt vs twaine. View more context for this quotation
1617 S. Collins Epphata to F. T. ii. x. 535 Princes should be interposers in Ecclesiasticall affairs.
1685 F. Spence tr. A. Varillas Άνεκδοτα Ὲτερουιακα 172 Some affairs that could not be negotiated by an interposer.
1836 J. Gilbert Christian Atonem. iii. 96 The occasions of interposition are widely different, as well as the circumstances of the interposer.
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