conciliator

[ kuhn-sil-ee-ey-ter ]

noun

Origin of conciliator

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

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Now Romney gets to come in and say, “I will be a conciliator.”
Michael Tomasky on Mitt Romney’s Closing Con Game | Michael Tomasky | October 30, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
But I fear that he still believes it—believes in that idea of himself as conciliator.
Michael Tomasky on Obama’s Delusions About the GOP’s ‘Fever’ Breaking | Michael Tomasky | June 7, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
But for a president who also casts himself as a conciliator, the issue could be more complicated.
Obama's Confederate Compromise | Judy Pasternak | May 21, 2009 | THE DAILY BEAST
His great work was conciliator Differentiarum, an attempt to reconcile physicians and philosophers.
A History of Science, Volume 2(of 5) | Henry Smith Williams
As a conciliator, Longpre quieted them as well as he could and went to knock at Fortiers housedoor.
The Hero of the People | Alexandre Dumas

We have adverted to the lofty moral and humanitarian significance of Jewish history in its role as conciliator.
Jewish History | S. M. Dubnow
Lady Cayley had not seen it; but she had seen herself for one beautiful moment as the benignant and inspired conciliator.
The Helpmate | May Sinclair
The Archbishop was well fitted to act this part of a conciliator.
The English Church in the Eighteenth Century | Charles J. Abbey and John H. Overton

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