conciliator
- noun
- /kənˈsɪliˌeɪtər/
- During the negotiations, he acted as a conciliator, striving to find common ground for both parties.
Examples
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- The fact of the matter is, it's absolutely crucial that we are seen by the public to be acting as conciliators and not aggressors.
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It must be the promoter and guarantor of greater and broader unity in the West, and it must be the balancer and conciliator between the major powers in the East.
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At one point, I was appointed by the government as a conciliator for the Post Office.
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In short, once he made his bed with the far right, he lost all chance of being a conciliator, not that he had that as an intention.
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But Barry is deathly afraid of being branded the angry black guy; he is at heart a conciliator.
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A hint of Ginsburg as strategist and conciliator came out in a story she told about her days at Cornell University.
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In response, board conciliator J. L. Bernard encouraged plant officials to reopen as soon as possible and to reemploy former workers without prejudice.
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Kapteyn was relieved when Hale, ever the conciliator, assured him that his status and salary as Research Associate would continue with or without the visits.
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The first, favored by well-meaning irenics and conciliators, involves a call for harmonious coexistence.
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In the twentieth-century novel, several important transformations occur: Gonzalo's wife, Ix Chel Can, is now a conciliator rather than a harbinger of discord.
Academic text (1992)
Synonyms
A person who talks with others to reach an agreement
A person who helps people or groups agree by dealing carefully with them
A person who helps two people or groups reach an agreement without taking sides
A person who helps end arguments and makes people agree
A person who stops or calms arguments and makes people get along
A person who helps two people or groups agree
A person or system that finds solutions to problems
A person who helps people become friendly again after a disagreement
A person who helps two sides talk and reach an agreement
A person who calms people and helps stop conflict
A person who helps different people or groups agree and work together
A person who talks with others to reach an agreement
A person who connects people so they can work together
A person who helps two sides in a dispute to find a solution
A person who calms others in tense situations
How Conciliatory
Surface Forms
Morphology
conciliator = conciliate (transparent) = conciliate + or
Agent noun formed by the regular suffix '-or' from the verb 'conciliate', so the role 'one who conciliates' is directly derived.
Etymology
Conciliator comes from the Latin part con- meaning 'together' and the same root behind the word council, which is a group that meets to solve things. So a conciliator is someone who brings people together to ease a conflict and make peace.