Arbiter Meaning
/ˈɑː.bɪ.tə(ɹ)/Definition, CEFR level C2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA person appointed, or chosen, by parties to determine a controversy between them; an arbitrator.
nounA person or object having the power of judging, determining, or ordaining; one whose power of deciding and governing is not limited.
Sentence Examples
An arbiter is a fair and impartial determiner of fact.
Who appointed you as the arbiter of truth?
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The dispute was so heated that they finally called in a neutral ____ to make a final decision.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The judge was chosen to be the final ____ in the complex legal dispute.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English arbiter, arbytour, arbitre, from Old French arbitre, from Latin arbiter (“a witness, judge, literally one who goes to see”).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"In order to protect individual liberty there must be an arbiter between the governing powers and the governed."
— 1931, William Bennett Munro, The government of the United States, national, state, and local, page 495:
"The grapholect of Standard English is not the exclusive system that arbiters of cultural purity wish to 'correct' us into believing"
— 1993, Gajendra K. Verma, Inequality and teacher education: an international perspective, page 188:
"The dreadnought is the ultimate arbiter of space warfare; millions of tons of metal, ceramic, and polymer dedicated to the projection of firepower against an enemy vessel of like ability. No sane commander would face a dreadnought with anything less than another dreadnought."
— 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Starships: Dreadnought Codex entry:
"The arbiter shall use his best judgement when determining the times to be shown on the replacement chess clock."
— 2014 April 30, Nicolae Sfetcu, The Game of Chess, Nicolae Sfetcu, page 109:
"Worse, since there was no institution to arbiter disagreements between Parliament and the government, whenever Parliament voted against the government on the smallest issues, coalitions fragmented, and governments had to be recomposed."
— 2003, Jean-Benoit Nadeau, Julie Barlow, Sixty Million Frenchmen Can't be Wrong: Why We Love France But Not the French, page 116:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The dispute was so heated that they finally called in a neutral ____ to make a final decision.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The judge was chosen to be the final ____ in the complex legal dispute.