arbitrator
/ˈɑːbɪˌtɹeɪtə/AHR-bih-tray-tur
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked/ˈɑɹbɪˌtɹeɪtɚ/AHR-bih-tray-tur
Meaningone who arbitrates
Common meaning: a person chosen to settle a dispute
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- arbitra witness, judge, umpireLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 151 · scan
- atverb or adjective ending: to make, having
- oragent ending: the doer, or the device that does it
Journey through time
- Latinarbiter‘a witness, judge, umpire’
- Englisharbitrate‘to settle a dispute as judge’
- Englishformed in English from arbitratearbitrator‘a person chosen to settle a dispute’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from arbitrate + -or.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), ARBITRATE, p.31 · scan
Roots
- arbiter Latin “a witness, judge, umpire”
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