Definition of "arbiters" []

• Plural form of arbiter. (noun)

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• "Certainly how language is spoken energizes poetry, but poetry should not be limited to include only such rhythms and diction that certain arbiters determine is how the “people” speak."
• "They afterwards imagined in every ten three other Gods, whom they called arbiters; so that there were nine for every month, and these were farther divided into an infinite number of powers."
• "The first of the courts shall consist of elected judges, who shall be chosen by the plaintiff and the defendant in common: these shall be called arbiters rather than judges."