arbitress

[ ahr-bi-tris ]

/ ˈɑr bɪ trɪs /

a woman who is an arbiter.

Origin of arbitress

1300–50; Middle English < Middle French arbitresse, equivalent to arbitre arbit(e)r + -esse -ess

See -ess.

From the first moment that you have beheld her, she has seemed the mistress of your destiny, the arbitress of your will.

The Wanderer (Volume 1 of 5) |Fanny Burney
In this pass, a maid becomes the arbitress of the fate of the married couple.

The Petty Troubles of Married Life, Complete |Honore de Balzac
I supposed it concerned me, more than any other, to be the arbitress of the quarrels of unruly spirits.

Clarissa, Volume 3 (of 9) |Samuel Richardson
One was forced to acknowledge her perfection in the part she had chosen as the arbitress of social honours.

A Far Country, Complete |Winston Churchill

With your knowledge of our modes, you will be at Petersburg the arbitress of delights.

Tales And Novels, Volume 8 (of 10) |Maria Edgeworth

arbitress

/ (ˈɑːbɪtrɪs) /

a female arbitrator