conciliator
AmericanEtymology
Origin of conciliator
1565–75; < Latin conciliātor, equivalent to conciliā ( re ) ( see conciliate) + -tor -tor
Example Sentences
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It's understandable why Obama is trying to play the Great Conciliator.
From Salon • Jul. 29, 2011
The day before McConnell remembered Baker as the Great Conciliator, House Speaker John Boehner, another boomer leader, was acknowledging the death of conciliation.
From Washington Post
Conciliator James Dewey's tireless efforts, set up a board on which top-ranking Ford men will confer with union men and public officials to adjust grievances that cannot be settled by plant committees.
From Time Magazine Archive
Federal Conciliator James Dewey rushed to Detroit, earnestly conferred with Michigan's Governor Murray D. Van Wagoner, company men and union leaders, trying to find some formula for a truce before riot ran rampant at Rouge.
From Time Magazine Archive
Barth had been a blacksmith’s son who rose to be King’s Hand during the reign of Jaehaerys the Conciliator.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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