moderator
moderator is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.The officer who presides over an assembly to preserve order, propose questions, regulate the proceedings, and declare the votes.
- 2.In the University of Oxford, an examiner for moderations; at Cambridge, the superintendant of examinations for degrees; at Dublin, either the first (senior) or second (junior) in rank in an examination for the degree of Bachelor of Arts.
- 3.A mechamical arrangement for regulating motion in a machine, or producing equality of effect.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- arbitrate
- arbitration
- arbitrator
- bargain
- compromise
- consignee
- diplomacy
- diplomatics
- diplomatist
- flag
- go-between
- good
- halfway
- intercede
- intercession
- intercessor
- interfere
- interference
- intermeddling
- interpose
- interposition
- intervene
- intervention
- mediate
- mediation
- mediatization
- mediatize
- mediator
- mediatorship
- mediatory
- meet
- negotiate
- negotiation
- negotiator
- offering
- parley
- peace
- peacemaker
- person
- propitiator
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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