interceder

noun

Definition of intercedernext
as in honest broker
one who works with opposing sides in order to bring about an agreement respected around the world, the secretary-general of the United Nations was asked to be the interceder in several international disputes

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  1. honest broker
  2. mediator
  3. broker
  4. buffer
  5. ambassador
  6. intermediary
  7. liaison
  8. intermediate
Noun
  • Recommended The Monitor's View Hungary as honest broker Last year’s fires destroyed twice the amount of land burned during the previous record year of 1989.
    Melanie Stetson Freeman, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 July 2024
  • In the current crisis with Russia, France’s role as an honest broker has been weakened by suspicions from allies that Macron may be blind to the true nature of the Putin regime or intrinsically opposed to U.S.-led negotiations.
    Celia Belin, Foreign Affairs, 10 Feb. 2022
Definition of honest broker
Noun
  • The Associated Press | Abdel Kareem Hana Dozens of Israeli strikes hit Gaza over the weekend as Israeli and Hamas officials continued indirect ceasefire talks through mediators in Qatar.
    Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 6 Jan. 2025
  • The talks will be brokered by Qatari and Egyptian mediators.
    David Brennan, ABC News, 6 Jan. 2025
Definition of mediator
Noun
  • Invest wisely: Best online brokers Robinhood General Counsel Lucas Moskowitz said the firm is pleased to have resolved the matters.
    Jonathan Stempel and Chris Prentice, USA TODAY, 15 Jan. 2025
  • Equity or bond brokers internationally who want to buy U.S. securities.
    Brady Dale, Axios, 14 Jan. 2025
Definition of broker
Noun
  • One by one, measures are rejected — even the simplest, requiring a five-foot buffer around every house where nothing is flammable.
    Jocelyn Noveck, Los Angeles Times, 15 Jan. 2025
  • The odds are that the response will sit in an internal digital memory buffer for a while and not be immediately erased or discarded.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
Definition of buffer
Noun
  • Max Baucus served as the U.S. ambassador to China from 2014 to 2017.
    Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Jan. 2025
  • Around that time, Florida Rep. Mike Waltz will resign to become Trump's national security adviser, while New York Rep. Elise Stefanik looks on track to secure Senate confirmation as the country's next ambassador to the U.N.
    Geoffrey Skelley, ABC News, 9 Jan. 2025
Definition of ambassador
Noun
  • With Abrams as an occasional intermediary, Pelletier and Wolff hammered out a basic story shape.
    Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Spector was sentenced 3 1/2 years in a maximum-security penal colony for acting as an intermediary in giving a bribe to Dvorkovich's aide.
    Anastasia Bagaeva, ABC News, 27 Dec. 2024
Definition of intermediary
Noun
  • The younger Sullivan has been a liaison between the Packers’ scouting department and general manager Brian Gutekunst.
    Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 14 Jan. 2025
  • As the liaison between the high school and Memorial Hermann, Lopez-Silva has watched students bloom under pressure—especially after their first hospital visit.
    George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024
Definition of liaison
Noun
  • Experts can ski steep and challenging terrain while intermediates can take wide turns down glades and bowls.
    Cassidy Randall, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
  • One beginner, one intermediate, one advanced — so no one is left out.
    Ashley Hume, Fox News, 6 Jan. 2025
Definition of intermediate
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