Moderator
Mod"er*a`tor
(?), n. [L.: cf. F. modrateur.] 1. One who, or that which, moderates, restrains, or pacifies. Sir W. Raleigh.[1913 Webster]
Angling was . . . a moderator of passions.Walton.
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2. The officer who presides over an assembly or discussion to preserve order, propose questions, regulate the proceedings, and declare the votes.
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3. In the University of Oxford, an examiner for moderations; at Cambridge, the superintendant of examinations for degrees; at Dublin, either the first (senior) or second (junior) in rank in an examination for the degree of Bachelor of Arts.
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4. A mechanical arrangement for regulating motion in a machine, or producing equality of effect.
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