Adjudicator
to pronounce or decree by judicial sentence.
to settle or determine (an issue or dispute) judicially.
to sit in judgment (usually followed by upon).
Contemporary Examples
If it passed muster with an adjudicator, it would be put on at the local playhouse.
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Historical Examples
An adjudicator, for instance, is the first person to make a decision.
Warren Commission (5 of 26): Hearings Vol. V (of 15) The President’s Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
noun
a judge, esp in a competition
an arbitrator, esp in a dispute
verb
when intr, usually foll by upon. to give a decision (on), esp a formal or binding one
(intransitive) to act as an adjudicator
(transitive) (chess) to determine the likely result of (a game) by counting relative value of pieces, positional strength, etc
(intransitive) to serve as a judge or arbiter, as in a competition
n.
1804, agent noun in Latin form from adjudicate.
v.
1700, from Latin adjudicatus, past participle of adjudicare (see adjudge). Related: Adjudicated; adjudicating.
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