n. [ L. arbiter; ar- (for ad) + the root of betere to go; hence properly, one who comes up to look on. ]
☞ In modern usage, arbitrator is the technical word. [ 1913 Webster ]
For Jove is arbiter of both to man. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To act as arbiter between. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who backbites; a secret calumniator or detractor. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
a. [ Pref. bi- + ternate. ] (Bot.) Doubly ternate, as when a petiole has three ternate leaflets. --
n. A cohabitant. Hobbes. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. Exhibitor. ] One who exhibits; one who presents a petition, charge or bill. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. An inhabitant. [ R. ] Derham. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖adv. [ L., on the way; ob (see Ob-) + iter a going, a walk, way. ] In passing; incidentally; by the way. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.;
n. (Zool.) The cow blackbird. [ Local, U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who prohibits or forbids; a forbidder; an interdicter. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who practices petty thefts. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
There are political sheepbiters as well as pastoral; betrayers of public trusts as well as of private. L'Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ]