médiateur — meaning in English
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English meaning
- facilitator noun A person who guides a group discussion or meeting, helping participants reach agreement without pushing their own opinion.
- mediator noun A neutral person who helps two disagreeing sides reach an agreement.
- ombudsman noun An official appointed to investigate complaints made by ordinary people against a company, a government department or another organisation, and to recommend a fair settlement.
Senses
médiateur is used for these senses in English:
- bridge-builder (idiomatic) A person who establishes friendly relations between parties.
- facilitator A person who helps a group to have an effective dialog without taking any side of the argument, especially in order to reach a consensus.
- mediator One who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement.
- ombudsman An appointed official whose duty is to investigate complaints, generally on behalf of individuals such as consumers or taxpayers, against institutions such as companies and government departments.
facilitator — full definition
- noun A person who guides a group discussion or meeting, helping participants reach agreement without pushing their own opinion.
- noun Something or someone that makes a process easier.
mediator — full definition
- noun A neutral person who helps two disagreeing sides reach an agreement.
- noun In biology, a chemical that carries a signal to a target cell.