conciliator
AmericanEtymology
Origin of conciliator
1565–75; < Latin conciliātor, equivalent to conciliā ( re ) ( conciliate ) + -tor -tor
Example Sentences
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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 • Sep. 1, 2023
In that leadership vacuum, some have speculated that Bass could play conciliator.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 28, 2023
The meetings in Honolulu were aimed not only at discussing North Korea, but at trying to smooth out tensions between Japan and South Korea, with the United States playing conciliator.
From New York Times • Feb. 13, 2022
Pacheco, 44, a senator from the mining state of Minas Gerais, is considered a political conciliator who backs economic reforms, fiscal responsibility and improved social welfare for Brazil’s poor.
From Reuters • Oct. 27, 2021
The Archbishop was well fitted to act this part of a conciliator.
From The English Church in the Eighteenth Century by Abbey, Charles J. (Charles John)
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