Earlier equivalent of arbitrator, n.

A person appointed or nominated to decide in a dispute; an adjudicator, arbitrator, or arbiter.

One who decides between disputants or contending parties and whose decision is usually accepted as final; an arbitrator.

Law. Chiefly Scots Law. An arbiter, an arbitrator, an umpire. Cf. oversman, n. 1. Obsolete.

One who is chosen by the opposite parties in a dispute to arrange or decide the difference between them; an arbiter.

Law. An arbiter; spec. a person appointed to decide on the outcome of an arbitrated dispute where the arbiters previously appointed have been…

An arbitrator; a mediator. Cf. earlier daying, n.2 dayment, n. Chiefly archaic and historical in later use.

A person to whom a matter in dispute is referred for decision; a referee. Now rare.

spec. One who is chosen by the two parties in a dispute to arrange or decide the difference between them; an arbitrator, an umpire. (See note to arbit…

A person to whom any matter or question in dispute is referred for decision; an arbiter. Also in extended use.

A person who acts as an arbitrator between disputants; an arbiter, umpire, judge. Also: a mediator.

One who awards.

A person who resolves or settles matters or controversies. In later use (Judaism): a rabbi who decides matters in Jewish religious law; = decisor, n.

A person who decides; esp. one who resolves or decides the outcome of a controversy, question, etc.; a judge; an arbiter.

A person who resolves or settles matters or controversies; a decider, judge, or arbiter. In later use (Judaism): a rabbi who decides matters in…

One who or a thing which, settles, fixes, decides, etc.

An arbitrator, a judge.

an umpire.

A person to whom a matter is referred, esp. for a decision; a referee. Obsolete.