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   moderator

   /ˈmɒdəreɪtə/

   noun

   • 1. an arbitrator or mediator: "Egypt managed to assert its role as a regional moderator"
   • ▪ a presiding officer, especially a chairman of a debate: "the debates will each feature one moderator and a panel of three questioners"
   • ▪ a Presbyterian minister presiding over an ecclesiastical body: "the newly elected Moderator of the Dutch Reformed Church"
   • 2. a person who reviews examination papers to ensure consistency, or otherwise oversees an examination: British "after marking by the tutor, the papers are returned to a moderator"
   • 3. a person who moderates an internet forum or online discussion.
   • 4. a substance used in a nuclear reactor to retard neutrons: "in a fast reactor there is no moderator to slow the reaction down"

   Derivatives

   • 1. moderatorship noun

   Scrabble Points: 12

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   • O

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