in|ter|ven|tor

in|ter|ven|tor
in|ter|ven|tor «IHN tuhr VEHN tuhr», noun.
1. (in Latin America) a person appointed by a government to intervene in the affairs of a company, agency, or other organization, during a time of dispute: »

The Castro regime appointed an “interventor” to run Cuban Telephone Co. (Wall Street Journal).

2. a church official appointed to act as a mediator in ecclesiastical affairs.
[< Latin interventor < intervenīre; see etym. under intervene (Cf.intervene)]

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