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Plural of arbiter

regular plural

The plural of arbiter is arbiters.

Forms of arbiter

Singulararbiter /ˈɑː.bɪ.tə(ɹ)/
Pluralarbiters
Countablecountable

Arbiters in a sentence

  • Television and film, not Vogue and similar magazines, are the arbiters of fashion.
  • The grapholect of Standard English is not the exclusive system that arbiters of cultural purity wish to 'correct' us into believing1993, Gajendra K. Verma, Inequality and teacher education: an international perspective, page 188
  • Westlake, Julius Flickerbaugh the lawyer, Merriman Peedy the Congregational pastor and himself had been the arbiters.1920, Sinclair Lewis, chapter IV, in Main Street: The Story of Carol Kennicott, New York, N.Y.: Harcourt, Brace and Howe, →OCLC, section…. From the entry democratically
  • Heredity and environment are not the absolute arbiters of what will be, as Jesus' genealogy details in the first chapter of Matthew's Gospel.1997, Doug Adams, The Prostitute in the Family Tree: Discovering Humor and Irony in the Bible, →ISBN, page 3. From the entry family tree

Meaning of arbiter

  1. noun A person appointed, or chosen, by parties to determine a controversy between them; an arbitrator.
  2. noun A person or object having the power of judging, determining, or ordaining; one whose power of deciding and governing is not limited.
  3. noun A component in circuitry that allocates scarce resources.

Full definition of arbiter

Questions about the plural of arbiter

What is the plural of arbiter?
The plural of arbiter is arbiters.
Is arbiter countable?
Arbiter is a countable noun.

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