conciliator
AmericanEtymology
Origin of conciliator
1565–75; < Latin conciliātor, equivalent to conciliā ( re ) ( see conciliate) + -tor -tor
Example Sentences
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He is remembered as a conciliator of the American rebels and the author of schemes to reform the corrupted and unrepresentative House of Commons.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
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
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
But he added that Mr. Trumka was also a conciliator, helping to heal divisions in the labor movement and overcome racial barriers, including when he rallied support for Barack Obama in the 2008 presidential election.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 5, 2021
The comedy ends by all three talking at once in loud excited voices, without listening to one another, and the conciliator announces the close of the sitting.
From Rome by Hope Malleson
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