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Webster 1913 Edition
Mediator
Me′di-aˊtor
,Noun.
[L.
mediator
: cf. E. médiateur
.] One who mediates; especially, one who interposes between parties at variance for the purpose of reconciling them; hence, an intercessor.
For there is one God, and one
mediator
between God and men, the man Christ Jesus. 1 Tim. ii. 5.
Webster 1828 Edition
Mediator
MEDIA'TOR
,Noun.
1.
By way of eminence, Christ is the mediator, the divine intercessor through whom sinners may be reconciled to an offended God. Tim.2. Christ is a mediator by nature, as partaking of both natures divine and human; and mediator by office, as transacting matters between God and man.
Definition 2024
Mediator
Mediator
German
Noun
Mediator m (genitive Mediators, plural Mediatoren)
- (medicine, physiology, law) mediator
Declension
Declension of Mediator
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | ein | der | Mediator | die | Mediatoren |
| genitive | eines | des | Mediators | der | Mediatoren |
| dative | einem | dem | Mediator | den | Mediatoren |
| accusative | einen | den | Mediator | die | Mediatoren |
Derived terms
Related terms
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English
Alternative forms
- mediatour (obsolete)
Noun
mediator (plural mediators)
- One who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement.
- A chemical substance transmitting information to a targeted cell.
Synonyms
Related terms
- mean
- median
- mediate
- mediation
- mediatorial
- mediatorian
- mediatorship
- medium
Translations
one who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement
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External links
- mediator in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- mediator in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
Latin
Etymology
From mediātum, supine of mediō (“be in the middle”), from medius (“middle”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /me.diˈaː.tor/, [mɛ.dɪˈaː.tɔr]
Noun
mediātor m (genitive mediātōris); third declension
Inflection
Third declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | mediātor | mediātōrēs |
| genitive | mediātōris | mediātōrum |
| dative | mediātōrī | mediātōribus |
| accusative | mediātōrem | mediātōrēs |
| ablative | mediātōre | mediātōribus |
| vocative | mediātor | mediātōrēs |
Descendants
References
- mediator in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- MEDIATOR in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “mediator”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowing from Latin mediātor.
Noun
mediator m (plural mediatori, feminine equivalent mediatoare)
Synonyms
- intermediar, mijlocitor