Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One that makes peace, especially by settling disputes.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who makes peace, as by reconciling parties that are at variance.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who makes peace by reconciling parties that are at variance.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A person who restores
peace , especially bysettling disputes .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun someone who tries to bring peace
- noun a belt-fed machine gun capable of firing more than 500 rounds per minute; used by United States troops in World War II and the Korean War
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Examples
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Gilani won a unanimous vote of confidence in parliament when he became prime minister nearly four years ago, and has been known as a peacemaker even among the ruling Pakistan People's party's most bitter enemies.
Pakistani prime minister faces supreme court accused of contempt 2012
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Reporting from El Cajon -- In this mobile home park full of boys darting around on scooters, Ryan Carter was known as the peacemaker.
News - latimes.com By Ri 2012
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Reporting from El Cajon -- In this mobile home park full of boys darting around on scooters, Ryan Carter was known as the peacemaker.
News - latimes.com By Ri 2012
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Gilani won a unanimous vote of confidence in parliament when he became prime minister nearly four years ago, and has been known as a peacemaker even among the ruling Pakistan People's Party's most bitter enemies.
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The so-called peacemaker who came here to tame my son and me.
DRAGON GAMES P.W. CATANESE 2010
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The so-called peacemaker who came here to tame my son and me.
DRAGON GAMES P.W. CATANESE 2010
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GRACE: A 20-year-old college student chasing the all-American dream, and he finally got it, a four-year scholarship, football scholarship, and he was a star on the field and in the classroom, known as the peacemaker amongst all of his friends, the good guy, the good boy, until he lost his life in a hail of bullets.
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And it would be quite a coup to end his presidency known as a peacemaker who has succeed where so many presidents gone before him have failed.
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He wants to be known as a peacemaker as well -- Tony.
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The peacemaker was the last woman in Orchard Glen to be chosen for such a task, and yet a real peacemaker Joanna proved herself.
In Orchard Glen Mary Esther Miller MacGregor 1918
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