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Vinony

adjudicator

noun

  1. someone who presides, judges and arbitrates during a formal dispute
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /əˈd͡ʒuː.dɪ.keɪ.tə/ / /əˈd͡ʒu.dɪˌkeɪ.tɚ/ / [əˈd͡ʒu.dɪˌkeɪ.ɾɚ]

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English adjudicate Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin -ātor Old French -eorbor. Middle English -our ▲ Latin -torlbor. English -or English adjudicator From adjudicate + -or.

  1. One who adjudicates.

    “Rimmer ducked his body low into his chair, so just his head remained above the table top, and peered past the backs of the examinees in front of him, waiting for the adjudicator to make his move.”

    “The State Department has hired hundreds of new passport adjudicators, put employees to work around the clock and opened a new processing facility in Arkansas but has still been unable to meet the demand [for the issuance of new passports].”