interventor
interventor noun: one who intervenes; a mediator, especially one designated by a church to reconcile parties and unite them in the choice of officers.
Noun
interventor (plural interventors)
- One who intervenes; a mediator, especially one designated by a church to reconcile parties and unite them in the choice of officers.
- An effort was made, particularly in the Latin church, to correct the disorders of popular elections without taking away the rights of the people. This they did by the agency of an interventor, who was sent among the people to endeavour to unite their votes upon a given person […]1841, Lyman Coleman, The Antiquities of the Christian Church
- The Paraguayan Government took over responsibility for the working on August 1, and appointed an interventor supervising operation.1959 November, “Notes and News: The Paraguay Central Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 804
- A mine inspector.
Forms of interventor
| plural | interventors |
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Origin of interventor
From Latin interventor. Compare French interventeur.
Questions about interventor
- What does interventor mean?
- Interventor means one who intervenes; a mediator, especially one designated by a church to reconcile parties and unite them in the choice of officers.
- What part of speech is interventor?
- Interventor is a noun.
- What is the plural of interventor?
- The plural of interventor is interventors.
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