Dictionary

arbiter en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈɑː.bɪ.tə(ɹ)/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• [ˈɑɹ.bɪ.ɾɚ] (Canada, General-American)
• /ˈaː.bɪ.tə(ɹ)/ (Australia)
• (California) audio
• /ˈɑɹ.bɪ.tɚ/ (Canada, General-American)

Etymology

From Middle English arbiter, arbytour, arbitre, from Old French arbitre, from Latin arbiter (“a witness, judge, literally one who goes to see”).

Meanings

1. A person appointed, or chosen, by parties to determine a controversy between them; an arbitrator.
   • 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:
2. (with-of) A person or object having the power of judging, determining, or ordaining; one whose power of deciding and governing is not limited.
   • 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:
   • Television and film, not Vogue and similar magazines, are the arbiters of fashion.
3. A component in circuitry that allocates scarce resources.
4. The person who oversees a chess match and ensures the rules are followed.
   • 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:

Forms

Deriveds

arbiter elegantiae · superarbiter

Relateds

arbitrage · arbitral · arbitration · arbitrator · arbitress · arbitrate · arbitary · arbitrary · arbitrable

Translations (49)

fr arbitre (a person appointed, or chosen, by parties to determine a controversy between them) · de Richter (judge without control) · ru властели́н (judge without control) · de Lenker (judge without control) · pt árbitro (a person appointed, or chosen, by parties to determine a controversy between them) · ru повели́тель (judge without control) · la arbiter (a person appointed, or chosen, by parties to determine a controversy between them) · de Vermittler (a person appointed, or chosen, by parties to determine a controversy between them) · de Schiedsrichter (a person appointed, or chosen, by parties to determine a controversy between them) · mk арби́тер (a person appointed, or chosen, by parties to determine a controversy between them) · es árbitro (a person appointed, or chosen, by parties to determine a controversy between them) · uk арбі́тр (a person appointed, or chosen, by parties to determine a controversy between them) · es árbitra (a person appointed, or chosen, by parties to determine a controversy between them) · bg арби́тър (a person appointed, or chosen, by parties to determine a controversy between them) · be арбі́тар (a person appointed, or chosen, by parties to determine a controversy between them) · de Schiedsfrau (a person appointed, or chosen, by parties to determine a controversy between them) · ru арби́тр (a person appointed, or chosen, by parties to determine a controversy between them) · bg арби́търка (a person appointed, or chosen, by parties to determine a controversy between them) · de Gebieter (judge without control) · fi sovittelija (a person appointed, or chosen, by parties to determine a controversy between them) · ru повели́тельница (judge without control) · nl arbiter (a person appointed, or chosen, by parties to determine a controversy between them) · id arbiter (a person appointed, or chosen, by parties to determine a controversy between them) · bg господар (judge without control) · mk господар (judge without control) · de Schiedsmann (a person appointed, or chosen, by parties to determine a controversy between them) · hu döntnök (a person appointed, or chosen, by parties to determine a controversy between them) · mk арби́терка (a person appointed, or chosen, by parties to determine a controversy between them) · ru власти́тель (judge without control) · sv skiljeman (a person appointed, or chosen, by parties to determine a controversy between them) · de Herr (judge without control) · fi välittäjä (a person appointed, or chosen, by parties to determine a controversy between them) · cs arbitr (a person appointed, or chosen, by parties to determine a controversy between them) · gl árbitro (a person appointed, or chosen, by parties to determine a controversy between them) · be арбі́тр (a person appointed, or chosen, by parties to determine a controversy between them) · gl árbitro (judge without control) · de Schlichter (a person appointed, or chosen, by parties to determine a controversy between them) · fr arbitre (judge without control) · es arbitrador (a person appointed, or chosen, by parties to determine a controversy between them) · ca àrbitre (a person appointed, or chosen, by parties to determine a controversy between them) · cs arbitr (judge without control) · pl arbiter (a person appointed, or chosen, by parties to determine a controversy between them) · sv skiljedomare (a person appointed, or chosen, by parties to determine a controversy between them) · ru власти́тельница (judge without control) · grc διαιτητής (a person appointed, or chosen, by parties to determine a controversy between them) · hu döntőbíró (a person appointed, or chosen, by parties to determine a controversy between them) · ru влады́ка (judge without control) · bg повелител (judge without control) · ro arbitru (a person appointed, or chosen, by parties to determine a controversy between them)

arbiter en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈɑː.bɪ.tə(ɹ)/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• [ˈɑɹ.bɪ.ɾɚ] (Canada, General-American)
• /ˈaː.bɪ.tə(ɹ)/ (Australia)
• (California) audio
• /ˈɑɹ.bɪ.tɚ/ (Canada, General-American)

Etymology

From Middle English arbiter, arbytour, arbitre, from Old French arbitre, from Latin arbiter (“a witness, judge, literally one who goes to see”).

Meanings

1. (transitive) To act as an arbiter.
   • 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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