intervened between parties to help reach an agreement; brought about indirectly
From Latin 'mediatus', past participle of 'mediare' meaning 'to be in the middle', from 'medius' (middle)
A mediator literally stands 'in the middle' between conflicting parties - the word comes from the same root as 'medium' and 'median'!
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