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nouna negotiator who acts as a link between parties
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- Latinmediātor“one who mediates”
- Middle Frenchmediateur, mediatur
- Middle Englishmediatour, mediatoure, mediatur, medyatour
- Englishmediator
From Middle English mediatour, mediatoure, mediatur, medyatour, from Middle French mediateur, mediatur or its etymon Latin mediātor (“one who mediates”), from mediātum, supine of mediō (“be in the middle”), from medius (“middle”). By surface analysis, mediate + -or.
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Ancient Greek μεσίτης
- μεσίτης (mesítēs)one who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement
Bulgarian посре́дник, посре́дница
- посре́дник (posrédnik)one who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement
- посре́дница (posrédnica)one who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement
- посре́дничка (posrédnička)one who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement
Catalan tercer, mediador
- tercerone who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement
- mediadorone who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement
Chinese Mandarin 調解人 /调解人
- 調解人 /调解人 (tiáojiěrén)one who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement
Czech prostředník, zprostředkovatel
- prostředníkone who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement
- zprostředkovatelone who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement
- zprostředkovatelkaone who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement
- mediátorone who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement
Danish mediator
- mediatorone who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement
Dutch bemiddelaar, tussenpersoon
- bemiddelaarone who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement
- tussenpersoonone who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement
Finnish neuvottelija, sovittelija
- neuvottelijaone who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement
- sovittelijaone who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement
- välittäjäone who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement
French médiateur, médiatrice
- médiateurone who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement
- médiatriceone who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement
German Vermittler, Vermittlerin
- Vermittlerone who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement
- Vermittlerinone who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement
Greek μεσάζων, διαμεσολαβητής
- μεσάζων (mesázon)one who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement
- διαμεσολαβητής (diamesolavitís)one who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement
Hebrew מְתַוֵּךְ
- מְתַוֵּךְ (metavékh)one who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement
Hindi मध्यस्थ
- मध्यस्थ (madhyasth)one who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement
Hungarian közvetítő, mediátor
- közvetítőone who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement
- mediátorone who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement
Italian mediatore, mediatrice
- mediatoreone who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement
- mediatriceone who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement
- sensaleone who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement
Latin interpres, agaga
- interpresone who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement
- agagaone who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement
- mediātorone who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement
Māori takawaenga, kaitakawaenga
- takawaengaone who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement
- kaitakawaengaone who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement
Norwegian Bokmål formidler
- formidlerone who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement
Polish mediator, mediatorka
- mediatorone who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement
- mediatorkaone who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement
- rozjemcaone who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement
- rozjemczynione who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement
- mediatora chemical substance transmitting information to a targeted cell
- neuromediatora chemical substance transmitting information to a targeted cell
- neuroprzekaźnika chemical substance transmitting information to a targeted cell
- neurotransmitera chemical substance transmitting information to a targeted cell
Portuguese mediador
- mediadorone who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement
Romanian mediator, mediatoare
- mediatorone who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement
- mediatoareone who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement
Russian посре́дник, посре́дница
- посре́дник (posrédnik)one who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement
- посре́дница (posrédnica)one who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement
Scottish Gaelic eadar-mheadhanair
- eadar-mheadhanairone who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement
Slovak prostredník, prostredníčka
- prostredníkone who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement
- prostredníčkaone who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement
- sprostredkovateľone who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement
- sprostredkovateľkaone who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement
Spanish mediador, tercero en discordia
- mediadorone who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement
- tercero en discordiaone who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement
Swahili mpatanishi
- mpatanishione who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement
Swedish medlare
- medlareone who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement
Tagalog tagapamagitan
- tagapamagitanone who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement
Turkish aracı, ara bulucu
- aracıone who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement
- ara bulucuone who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement
- uzlaştırıcıone who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement
- uzlaştırmacıone who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement
Ukrainian посере́дник, посере́дниця
- посере́дник (poserédnyk)one who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement
- посере́дниця (poserédnycja)one who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement
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mediator. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mediator
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“mediator.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mediator. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mediator,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mediator.
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