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adjudicator|əˈdʒ(j)uːdɪkeɪtə(r)|
[a. assumed L. *adjudicātōr, n. of agent, f. adjūdicāre: see adjudicate.]
One who adjudicates; who settles a controverted question, or awards the prize in a competition.
1835New Monthly Mag. XLV. 20 It is the best adjudicator we can have, for rather than condemn rashly, it acquits both parties. 1860R. A. Vaughan Hours w. Mystics II. x. ii. 194 Two successive bodies of adjudicators were impanelled and dissolved, unable to arrive at a decision. 1870Daily News 8 Feb., (Cambridge) Smith's (Mathematical) Prizes.—The adjudicators are the Chancellor, Vice-Chancellor, etc. 1875M. E. Braddon Strange World III. i. 49 Lady Cheshunt was one of the lady adjudicators. |