ARBITRATOR

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Someone chosen to judge and decide a disputed issue

Example:

an umpire was appointed to settle the tax case

Synonyms:

arbiter; arbitrator; umpire

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("arbitrator" is a kind of...):

evaluator; judge (an authority who is able to estimate worth or quality)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "arbitrator"):

third party (someone other than the principals who are involved in a transaction)

Derivation:

arbitrate (act between parties with a view to reconciling differences)