1. a person who tempers or moderates something
2. a person who treats metal by heating and cooling to achieve desired hardness
Usage: technical

Examples

• The skilled temperer adjusted the steel’s properties through careful heat treatment.
• As a temperer of conflicts, she helped resolve workplace disputes.
• The blacksmith worked as both forger and temperer of fine blades.
• He served as a temperer of extreme opinions in the heated debate.
• The temperer cooled the heated metal in oil to achieve the right hardness.
• She was known as a temperer of harsh policies, making them more reasonable.