[a. assumed L. *adjudicātōr, n. of agent, f. adjūdicāre: see ADJUDICATE.] One who adjudicates; who settles a controverted question, or awards the prize in a competition.
[Not in Craig, 1847.]
1860. R. A. Vaughan, Hours w. Mystics, II. X. ii. 194. Two successive bodies of adjudicators were impanelled and dissolved, unable to arrive at a decision.
1870. Daily News, 8 Feb. (Cambridge) Smith’s (Mathematical) Prizes.—The adjudicators are the Chancellor, Vice-Chancellor, etc.
1875. Miss Braddon, Strange World, III. i. 49. Lady Cheshunt was one of the lady adjudicators.
