See Also: mediator(medicine)
mediator(dictionary)
mediator(dictionary)
MEDIATOR(law)
MINISTER, mediator(law)

mediator (iou)



mediator noun. ME.
[Old & mod. French mediateur, -our from Christian Latin mediator, from Latin mediare (see MEDIATE verb) or directly from medius MID adjective after Greek mesites as used in the New Testament: see -OR.]
1. Christian Theology. A person, esp. Jesus, who mediates between God and humanity. ME.
2. A person who intervenes between two parties, esp. to effect reconciliation; an intercessor; a person who brings about (an agreement) or settles (a dispute) by mediation. LME.
D. Rowe She had to act as a mediator between her mother and father whenever they quarrelled.
3. A go-between; a messenger, an agent. LME-L17.
4. A thing which effects a transition between one stage and another; spec. in Psychology, an agent in mediation, an intermediate stage. M20.
media'torial adjective of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a mediator or mediation M17.
mediatorship noun the office or position of a mediator L16.
mediatory adjective having the function of mediating; pertaining to or of the nature of mediation: E17.