intercessor

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

Late 15th century, from Latin intercessor, from Latin intercēdō, from inter (“between”) + cēdō (“to go”) (English cede), literally “go-between”.

But a change had come over that before impassioned intercessor. — The Confidence-Man: His Masquerade, Herman Melville
They and their armies are only brute instruments in the hands of my progenitor and intercessor. — Imaginary Conversations and Poems: A Selection, Walter Savage Landor
Selecting Mary Magdalene as her special intercessor, she made a careful study of the life and legends of that saint. — The History of Sir Richard Calmady: A Romance, Lucas Malet

mediator, go-between, intermediator, intermediary

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