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MEDIATOR(law)
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Vajiravudh (sh) and mediator (iou)


Vajiravudh (sh)




or Phramongkutklao or Rama VI

born Jan. 1, 1881, Bangkok, Siam
died Nov. 26, 1925, Bangkok

King of Siam (Thailand; 1910-25).

Educated at Oxford, Vajiravudh undertook numerous social reforms as king, including making monogamy the only legal form of Marriage. In 1921 he made primary Education free and compulsory. He alienated both liberals and conservatives at Home but was successful in foreign policy, restoring full fiscal autonomy to Siam. A prolific writer and translator, he introduced Western forms to Thai literature, translated William Shakespeare's works, and composed about 50 original plays.


mediator (iou)



mediator noun. ME.
[Old & mod. French mediateur, -our from Christian Latin mediator, from Latin mediare (see MEDIATE verb) or directly from medius MID adjective after Greek mesites as used in the New Testament: see -OR.]
1. Christian Theology. A person, esp. Jesus, who mediates between God and humanity. ME.
2. A person who intervenes between two parties, esp. to effect reconciliation; an intercessor; a person who brings about (an agreement) or settles (a dispute) by mediation. LME.
D. Rowe She had to act as a mediator between her mother and father whenever they quarrelled.
3. A go-between; a messenger, an agent. LME-L17.
4. A thing which effects a transition between one stage and another; spec. in Psychology, an agent in mediation, an intermediate stage. M20.
media'torial adjective of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a mediator or mediation M17.
mediatorship noun the office or position of a mediator L16.
mediatory adjective having the function of mediating; pertaining to or of the Nature of mediation: E17.