2. The officer who presides over an assembly to preserve order, propose questions, regulate the proceedings, and declare the votes.
3. In the University of Oxford, an examiner for moderations; at Cambridge, the superintendant of examinations for degrees; at Dublin, either the first (senior) or second (junior) in rank in an examination for the degree of Bachelor of Arts.
4. A mechamical arrangement for regulating motion in a machine, or producing equality of effect.
MODERATORSHIP
Mod"er*a`tor*ship, n.
Defn: The office of a moderator.
MODERATRESS
Mod"er*a`tress, n.
Defn: A female moderator. Fuller.
MODERATRIX
Mod"er*a`trix, n. Etym: [L.]
Defn: A female moderator.
MODERN Mod"ern, a. Etym: [F. moderne, L. modernus; akin to modo just now, orig. abl. of modus measure; hence, by measure, just now. See Mode.]