Ar"bi*tra`tor (#), n. [L., fr. arbitrari: cf. F. arbitrateur.]
1.
A person, or one of two or more persons, chosen by parties who have a controversy, to determine their differences. See Arbitration.
2.
One who has the power of deciding or prescribing without control; a ruler; a governor.
Though Heaven be shut,
And Heaven's high Arbitrators sit secure.
Milton.
Masters of their own terms and arbitrators of a peace.
Addison.
Syn. -- Judge; umpire; referee; arbiter. See Judge.
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