Both Uses of
arbiter
in
Anna Karenina
- Moreover, although he had lived so long in the closest relations with the peasants, as farmer and arbitrator, and what was more, as adviser (the peasants trusted him, and for thirty miles round they would come to ask his advice), he had no definite views of "the people," and would have been as much at a loss to answer the question whether he knew "the people" as the question whether he liked them.†
Part 3
- An arbitrator of disputes is no use to me.†
Part 3 *
Definition:
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(arbiter) someone who settles disputes -- often because of reputation
or:
someone chosen to judge and decide a disputed issue