Är'bi-trā'tor, n.

n. [Lat., from arbitrari; Fr. arbitrateur, Pr. arbitrador.]

1. A person chosen by parties who have a controversy, to determine their differences. Jacobs.
2. The person chosen as umpire, by two arbitrators, when the parties do not agree. Milton.
3. One who has the power of deciding or prescribing without control. “Masters of their own terms and arbitrators of a peace.” Addison.

Syn.—Judge; umpire; referee; arbiter. See JUDGE.