mandator
/ˈmændətɔːr/ · man·da·tor
noun
- A person who gives a mandate; the principal who authorises another to act on his or her behalf. The company's board acted as the mandator for the external consultant's procurement project.
- (Archaic) A commander or one who issues orders. In medieval chronicles the mandator of the troops was praised for his strategic acumen.
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Did you know? The word survives in modern civil‑law systems, where a 'mandator' is the party that grants a 'mandate' to a lawyer or agent, a usage that dates back to Roman law.