negotiator
/nɪˈɡəʊʃɪeɪtə
/ /nɪˈɡəʊsɪeɪtə/noun
A person who conducts negotiations: US trade negotiators a hostage negotiator...
- On returning from service in 1946, he began work as an estate agent initially as a debt collector and then a negotiator.
- The negotiators are there trying to talk him down from right alongside of him.
- The negotiators would come up, attempt to talk this person into letting them go.
Synonyms
mediator, arbitrator, arbiter, moderator, go-between, middleman, intermediary, intercessor, interceder, intervener, conciliator;
representative, spokesperson, agent, broker, honest broker, ambassador, diplomat, peacemaker;
bargainer, haggler, wheeler-dealer
rare negotiant