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Moderator

//ˈmɒdəˌɹeɪtə(ɹ)// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Someone who moderates.

    "Angling was […] a moderator of passions."

  2. 2
    someone who mediates disputes and attempts to avoid violence wordnet
  3. 3
    Someone who moderates.; An arbitrator or mediator.
  4. 4
    someone who presides over a forum or debate wordnet
  5. 5
    Someone who moderates.; The chair or president of a meeting, etc.
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  1. 6
    in the Presbyterian church, the officer who presides over a synod or general assembly wordnet
  2. 7
    Someone who moderates.; A person who enforces the rules of a discussion forum by deleting posts, banning users, etc. Internet

    "The post was eventually removed by the subreddit’s moderators as potentially fake, but not before a screenshot of it went viral on Twitter and dozens of outlets circulated the story with headlines like “Girl Gets Sweet, Fiery Revenge on Ex With ‘Game of Thrones’ Spoilers.” […] Before r/relationships, Anne was a moderator in the similar but much more unruly r/relationship_advice, where she had to teach herself how to do the job."

  3. 8
    any substance used to slow down neutrons in nuclear reactors wordnet
  4. 9
    The person who presides over a synod of a Presbyterian church.
  5. 10
    A substance (often water or graphite) used to decrease the speed of fast neutrons in a nuclear reactor and hence increase likelihood of fission.
  6. 11
    A device used to deaden some of the noise from a firearm, although not to the same extent as a suppressor or silencer.
  7. 12
    An examiner at Oxford and Cambridge universities. UK

    "One hall called Civil Law Hall or School, flouriſhed about this time (though in its buildings decayed) by the care of the learned and judicious Dr. Will. Warham Principal or Moderator thereof […]"

  8. 13
    At the University of Dublin, either the first (senior) or second (junior) in rank in an examination for the degree of Bachelor of Arts. Ireland
  9. 14
    Someone who supervises and monitors the setting and marking of examinations by different people to ensure consistency of standards. UK
  10. 15
    A mechanical arrangement for regulating motion in a machine, or producing equality of effect.
  11. 16
    A kind of lamp in which the flow of the oil to the wick is regulated. historical

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin moderātor. First attested as Middle English moderatour. By surface analysis, moderate + -or.

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