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someone who settles disputes — often because of reputationor:
someone chosen to judge and decide a disputed issue
- She was the final arbiter on all matters of fashion.
arbiter = someone who settles disputes — often because of reputation
- As the sole arbiter of each of the conditions, I can tell you that they have all been met and exceeded.Jim Stovall -- The Ultimate Gift
- every man is the arbiter of his own virtuesWilliam Faulkner -- The Sound and the Fury
- You will be sole arbiter of his fate.Dumas, Alexandre -- The Man in the Iron Mask
- They were the arbiters of fashion, the Court of last Appeal, and they knew it, and bowed to their fate.Wharton, Edith -- The Age of Innocence
- I looked upon them as superior beings who would be the arbiters of my future destiny.Shelley, Mary -- Frankenstein
- They think they think, and such thinkless creatures are the arbiters of the lives of the few who really think.London, Jack -- Martin Eden
- Its sole arbiter is Taste.Poe, Edgar Allan -- Poems
- He is not the arbiter of the work of art.Wilde, Oscar -- The Soul of Man under Socialism
- ...who is the arbiter of ships' destinies.Conrad, Joseph -- The Mirror of the Sea
- Any soldier can be killed by the enemy in the heat of battle, by a weapon approved by the arbiters and rulemakers of warfare.William Faulkner -- Light in August
- He was caught unawares and confronted with his judges, the arbiters of his destiny.Fyodor Dostoyevsky -- The Brothers Karamazov
- The Riders of old were arbiters of justice above and beyond the leaders of their time.Christopher Paolini -- Eragon
- About the will of the people being the wisest arbitrator and so on.Kazuo Ishiguro -- The Remains of the Day
- The states were thus to be the arbiters of federal authority.David McCullough -- John Adams
- Cicero is an arbiter in thought, just as Brutus is an arbiter by the sword.Victor Hugo -- Les Miserables
- He wanted the commander to act as arbiter.Milan Kundera -- The Unbearable Lightness of Being
- Martial law enabled the army to assume the functions of arbitrator in the controversy, but no effort at conciliation was made.Gabriel Garcia Marquez -- One Hundred Years of Solitude
- The land will be the final arbiter of human conflict; no matter how intense the conflict, the victory of earth and grave will be undeniable and complete.Pat Conroy -- The Water is Wide
- Judge Narragansett is to act as our arbiter, hi case of disagreements.Ayn Rand -- Atlas Shrugged
arbiter = someone chosen to judge and decide a disputed issue
arbiter = person who settles disputes