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‖ mediateur ? Obs.
[F. médiateur ‘sorte de jeu de quadrille’ (Littré): etymologically = mediator. Cf. Sp. mediator, according to the Dicc. de la Academía a name for ombre.]
A term in a variety of the game of quadrille: see quot. 1830.
1797Encycl. Brit. (ed. 3) XV. 732/2 A king is the mediateur, which is demanded of the others by one of the players, who has a hand he expects to make five tricks of; and through the assistance of this king he can play alone and make six tricks. Ibid. 733/1 A fish extraordinary is given to him who plays the mediateur, and to him who plays sans prendre. 1830‘Eidrah Trebor’ Hoyle made Familiar 38 (Quadrille) In order to vary this game, some introduce the Mediateur or Roy Rendu, which is a king demanded of the others by one of the players, who having a hand by which he expects to make five tricks, can, with the assistance of this king, get six, and so plays alone, or sans appeller. |