adjudicator

adjudicator

noun

Definition of ADJUDICATOR

1

a person who impartially decides or resolves a dispute or controversy <since they seemed to be in a hopeless stalemate, both labor and management agreed to use an independent adjudicator to decide the terms of the contract>

Synonyms adjudicator, arbiter, arbitrator, referee, umpire

Related Words jurist, justice, magistrate; intermediary, intermediate, mediator, mediatrix, moderator, negotiator; conciliator, go-between, peacemaker, reconciler, troubleshooter; decider

2

a public official having authority to decide questions of law <the appellate court refused to hear the case, thus allowing the judgment of previous adjudicators to stand>

Synonyms adjudicator, beak [chiefly British], bench, court, jurist, justice, magistrate

Related Words chief justice, circuit judge, justice of the peace, squire; auditor, master; jurisconsult, jurisprudent