[a. L. consolidātor, agent-n. f. consolidāre: see above and -OR.] One who or that which consolidates; a strengthener of bonds of union; a combiner, amalgamator, etc.
Used by De Foe in the title of a book on current religious and political dissensions, as a designation of the House of Commons.
1705. De Foe (title), The Consolidator; or, Memoirs of sundry Transactions from the World in the Moon. Ibid. (1840), 236. They … are called in a word … very like our English word Representative; and … they lately obtained the venerable title of the Consolidators; and the machine itself, the Consolidator.
1705. Double Welcome, xxxii. Con ….dators to Consolidate, And Tack our T[rimm]ers to their own dear Fate.
1839. Fraser’s Mag., XX. 407. A consolidator of all sympathies.
1884. J. W. Smith (title), By Josiah W. Smith … Retired Judge of County Courts … and one of the consolidators of the Chancery Orders.
1889. L. W. Bacon, in The Forum (N.Y.), March, 114. A quickener of trade and a consolidator of national unity.
