meristes denotes a person whom someone might appoint as an arbiter over others.

The attested use presents an arbiter as a person someone might appoint over others, in a question that declines such an appointment.

1. An appointed arbiter over others · dominant

   In Luke 12:14, the accusative singular masculine form occurs in a question asking who appointed the speaker over those addressed. The APB renders the question, “who appointed me judge or arbiter over you?”

   Luke 12:14

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Luke 12:14, the APB presents the term within “who appointed me judge or arbiter over you?” It does not independently isolate the lemma’s English equivalent.