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Intercessor

One who goes between, or intercedes; a mediator. (a) One who interposes between parties at variance, with a view to reconcile them. (b) One who pleads in behalf of another.

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Conciliator 76% connected

One who conciliates.

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Diplomat 76% connected

Alt. of Diplomate

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Harmonizer 76% connected

One who harmonizes.

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Interpreter 76% connected

One who or that which interprets, explains, or expounds; a translator; especially, a person who translates orally between two parties.

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Make-peace 76% connected

A peacemaker.

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Matcher 76% connected

One who, or that which, matches; a matching machine. See under 3d Match.

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Matchmaker 76% connected

One who makes matches for burning or kinding.

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Mediatrix 76% connected

A female mediator.

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Moderator 76% connected

One who, or that which, moderates, restrains, or pacifies.

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Peacemaker 76% connected

One who makes peace by reconciling parties that are at variance.

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Reconciler 76% connected

One who reconciles.

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Translator 76% connected

One who translates; esp., one who renders into another language; one who expresses the sense of words in one language by equivalent words in another.

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Negotiant 76% connected

A negotiator.

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Negotiator 76% connected

One who negotiates; a person who treats with others, either as principal or agent, in respect to purchase and sale, or public compacts.

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Treater 76% connected

One who treats; one who handles, or discourses on, a subject; also, one who entertains.

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Arbitrate 74% connected

To hear and decide, as arbitrators; as, to choose to arbitrate a disputed case.

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Arbitrate 74% connected

To hear and decide, as arbitrators; as, to choose to arbitrate a disputed case.

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Go-between 92% connected

An intermediate agent; a broker; a procurer; -- usually in a disparaging sense.

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Intermediary 92% connected

Lying, coming, or done, between; intermediate; as, an intermediary project.

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Intermediator 92% connected

A mediator.

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Mediator 92% connected

One who mediates; especially, one who interposes between parties at variance for the purpose of reconciling them; hence, an intercessor.

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