conciliator

[ kuhn-sil-ee-ey-ter ]

noun

1. a person who conciliates.
2. arbitrator.

Word History and Origins

Origin of conciliator¹

1565–75; < Latin conciliātor, equivalent to conciliā ( re ) ( conciliate ) + -tor -tor

Example Sentences

Ukraine has been careful not to publicly denigrate China’s peace proposals — a 12-point plan unveiled more than a year ago, followed by additional “principles” set forth last month — but the government in Kyiv and its allies believe that if Beijing wanted to genuinely play the conciliator, it could use its influence to rein in Putin.

From Los Angeles Times

An earlier version of Biden, who often called for working across the aisle, and who ran in 2020 as a bipartisan conciliator, might have deemed the tone excessively partisan.

From Los Angeles Times

First, Griffin’s Case was, until Monday, widely discredited as the political handiwork of a chief justice plotting to run for the presidency as a great conciliator between North and South.

From Slate

Apparently not to Kavanaugh, who likes to depict himself as a commonsense conciliator on firearms, except when it actually counts.

From Slate

The union applied for the help of a conciliator from Canada’s National Labour Board to help close the gap between the parties.

From Seattle Times

Related Words

• advocate
• arbiter
• arbitrator
• broker
• go-between
• intermediary
• judge
• negotiator
• peacemaker
• referee
• troubleshooter