Etymology
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intercessor (n.)

"one who pleads or intervenes on behalf of another," late 15c., from a specific Christian use of Latin intercessor "one who intervenes, a mediator," agent noun from intercedere (see intercede). Related: Intercessory.

Entries linking to intercessor

intercede (v.)
1570s, "to come between in space or time" (obsolete); c. 1600, "to interpose on behalf of another," a back-formation from intercession, or else from Latin intercedere "intervene, come between, be between" (in Medieval Latin "to interpose on someone's behalf"), from inter "between" (see inter-) + cedere "to go" (from PIE root *ked- "to go, yield"). Related: Interceded; interceding.
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Definitions of intercessor

intercessor (n.)
a negotiator who acts as a link between parties;
Synonyms: mediator / go-between / intermediator / intermediary
From wordnet.princeton.edu

Dictionary entries near intercessor

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