Usually means: Decider in disputes, authoritative judge.
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  1. arbiter: Merriam-Webster
  2. arbiter: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. arbiter: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. arbiter: Collins English Dictionary
  5. arbiter: Vocabulary.com
  6. Arbiter, arbiter: Wordnik
  7. arbiter: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. arbiter: Wiktionary
  9. arbiter: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. arbiter: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. arbiter: Infoplease Dictionary
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  13. arbiter: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. arbiter: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Arbiter (Halo), Arbiter (album), Arbiter (chess), Arbiter (electronics), Arbiter: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Arbiter: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. arbiter: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
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  19. Arbiter: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. arbiter: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. arbiter: FreeDictionary.org
  22. arbiter: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. arbiter: TheFreeDictionary.com
  24. arbiter: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations
  25. arbiter: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  26. arbiter: Merriam-Webster

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  1. arbiter: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. arbiter: Webster's New World Law Dictionary
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  1. arbiter: Encyclopedia

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  1. Arbiter, The Arbiter: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (arbiter)

▸ noun:  A person appointed, or chosen, by parties to determine a controversy between them; an arbitrator.
▸ noun:  (with of) A person or object having the power of judging, determining, or ordaining; one whose power of deciding and governing is not limited.
▸ noun:  (electronics) A component in circuitry that allocates scarce resources.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To act as arbiter.

Similar:
arbitrator, supreme authority, umpire, arbitress, arbitratrix, arbitragist, arbitratour, awarder, disceptator, coarbitrator, more...

Types:
judge, mediator, umpire, referee, arbitrator, adjudicator, panelist, tribunal, more...

Phrases:
petronius arbiter, fashion arbiter, arbiter elegantiae, arbiter elegantiarum, Ivor Arbiter, more...

Adjectives:
final, ultimate, sole, supreme, impartial, neutral, only, moral, social, chief, independent

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Similar:
arbitrator, supreme authority, umpire, arbitress, arbitratrix, arbitragist, arbitratour, awarder, disceptator, coarbitrator, more...

Types:
judge, mediator, umpire, referee, arbitrator, adjudicator, panelist, tribunal, more...

Phrases:
petronius arbiter, fashion arbiter, arbiter elegantiae, arbiter elegantiarum, Ivor Arbiter, courtroom arbiter, arbiter of public taste, more...

Adjectives:
final, ultimate, sole, supreme, impartial, neutral, only, moral, social, chief, independent

Colors:
    silver,     gold,     black,     white,     gray, more...



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