compromiser

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When he served on the Senate Judiciary Committee, he was a compromiser.

From Slate • Jul. 6, 2022

He was respected as a practical compromiser who worked with both sides to cut good deals for the country.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 13, 2021

The former senator was a centrist and compromiser during more than 40 years in Washington.

From Washington Post • Sep. 15, 2020

Incapable of playing the role of peacetime compromiser, his Coriolanus comes across as a warrior who simply can't function without a war.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 2, 2012

Do they not know that Mr. Clay never came into the Missouri controversy as a compromiser until after the compromise of 1820 was repudiated, and it became necessary to make another?

From American Eloquence, Volume 3 Studies In American Political History (1897) by Johnston, Alexander