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Definition
someone who settles disputes — often because of reputation
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someone chosen to judge and decide a disputed issue
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someone chosen to judge and decide a disputed issue
- To a disposition like Holgrave's, at once speculative and active, there is no temptation so great as the opportunity of acquiring empire over the human spirit; nor any idea more seductive to a young man than to become the arbiter of a young girl's destiny.Chapter 14 — Phoebe's Good-Bye (9% in)
There are no more uses of "arbiter" in The House of the Seven Gables.
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