peacemaker
noun
peace·mak·er
ˈpēs-mā-kər 
: one who makes peace especially by reconciling parties at variance
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
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McNamara’s shooting of Green quickly garnered controversy after it was established — by witnesses and security video — that Green was a peacemaker in a brawl that erupted inside the La Victoria restaurant next to San Jose State University, where Green had done a campus visit earlier in the day.
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Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 16 Sep. 2025
Faulí is diplomatic about Subriachs and a peacemaker by nature.
—D. T. Max, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
The move to go back to the Department of War comes, ironically, as Trump has tried to cast himself as a peacemaker.
—Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
Other seeds have been sown by the return to the White House of the Middle East’s greatest historical peacemaker.
—semafor.com, 3 Sep. 2025
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Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 16 Sep. 2025
Faulí is diplomatic about Subriachs and a peacemaker by nature.
—D. T. Max, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
The move to go back to the Department of War comes, ironically, as Trump has tried to cast himself as a peacemaker.
—Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
Other seeds have been sown by the return to the White House of the Middle East’s greatest historical peacemaker.
—semafor.com, 3 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for peacemaker
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“Peacemaker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/peacemaker. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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