Definition of peacemaker
: one who makes peace especially by reconciling parties at variance
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Examples of peacemaker in a Sentence
She acted as peacemaker in the dispute.
the former diplomat is coming out of retirement to lend his talents as a peacemaker to these crucial negotiations
Recent Examples of peacemaker from the Web
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Driven by a peacemaker’s passion and righteous urgency, presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy emerges as a red-hot rebel in a Roy Lichtenstein pop art print.
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Parson's pastor from his hometown in rural Bolivar, Missouri, opened the service with a prayer that the new leader can be a healing peacemaker.
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Even without the summit, Kim scored a major propaganda victory by playing the peacemaker.
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In comments made to the Houston Chronicle, Vandeweghe said that Clippers players and Staples Center staff members corroborated accounts stating that Harden and Paul were merely acting as peacemakers.
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The clearance announcement will not drastically change Mr. Kushner’s ability to play peacemaker in the Middle East.
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By moving the embassy to Jerusalem Trump played politics, destroyed U.S. peacemaker role.
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The welcoming ceremony also offered the world a picture of Trump as a peacemaker, after he was widely condemned abroad for pulling out of the Iran nuclear deal on Tuesday.
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The North Korea leader’s seemingly overnight transformation from warmonger to peacemaker has diplomats and analysts pondering one central question: Why?
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First Known Use of peacemaker
15th century
peacemaker Synonyms
Synonyms
broker, buffer, conciliator, go-between, intercessor, intermediary, intermediate, interposer, mediator, middleman;
Related Words
bargainer, negotiant, negotiator;
appeaser, pacificator, pacifier, reconciler;
agent, attorney, deputy, factor, procurator, proxy;
arbiter, arbitrator, judge, referee, umpire;
adviser (also advisor), counselor (or counsellor);
PEACEMAKER Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of peacemaker for English Language Learners
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: a person who helps to prevent or stop an argument, a fight, or a war
PEACEMAKER Defined for Kids
Definition of peacemaker for Students
: a person who settles an argument or stops a fight
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