moderator

A person who presides over Presbyterian Church courts, such as the kirk session, presbytery, synod, or General Assembly. In Reformed Churches generally, the term is applied to the chairman of official Church gatherings.

a Scots and (originally) Scottish English, gender-neutral word that approximates chairman, someone who convenes, heads and "moderates" the discussion in a meeting, such as the nonpartisan presiding officer of a town meeting The chairperson of a church court in Presbyterian churches; this includes Moderator of the General Assembly, Moderators and clerks in the Church of Scotland and Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. and compounds such as moderator general in the Cistercian Order. Forum moderator, one who oversees discussions on an Internet forum. Neutron moderator, a medium that reduces the velocity of neutrons. Cornell Moderator, a student-run political publication at Cornell University. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.