Arbiter

Quick meaning: Arbiter is a noun meaning A person appointed, or chosen, by parties to determine a controversy between them; an arbitrator.

Meaning

A person appointed, or chosen, by parties to determine a controversy between them; an arbitrator.

More Meanings

1. (electronics) A component in circuitry that allocates scarce resources.
2. (chess) The person who oversees a chess match and ensures the rules are followed.
3. (transitive) To act as an arbiter.
4. (with of) A person or object having the power of judging, determining, or ordaining; one whose power of deciding and governing is not limited.

Example Sentences

Television and film, not Vogue and similar magazines, are the arbiters of fashion.

In order to protect individual liberty there must be an arbiter between the governing powers and the governed.

The arbiter shall use his best judgement when determining the times to be shown on the replacement chess clock.

The grapholect of Standard English is not the exclusive system that arbiters of cultural purity wish to 'correct' us into believing

Word Forms

• arbiters
• arbitering
• arbitered

Synonyms for arbiter

Depending on context, synonyms include arbitrator.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include arbitrator, arbitrate, arbitration, adjudicative, adjudication, adjudicator.

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