A person or entity that brings separate groups together into a federation, or who helps create or organize a federal system.
From Latin 'foederator,' one who makes covenants. Entered English in the 1800s as a technical term for those who founded or led federal unions.
George Washington was a kind of federator—he convinced thirteen independent states to trust each other enough to form a federal government, which was incredibly difficult.
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