the great compromiser

1. 1.

   United States politician responsible for the Missouri Compromise between free and slave states (1777-1852)

   SynonymsClayHenry Clay

   Broaderpolitician

Questions about the great compromiser

What does the great compromiser mean?

the great compromiser means "United States politician responsible for the Missouri Compromise between free and slave states (1777-1852)".

What is another word for the great compromiser?

Close synonyms include Clay, Henry Clay. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is the great compromiser a common word?

the great compromiser is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.