Peacemaker
['piːsmeɪkə]
Definition
(n.) One who makes peace by reconciling parties that are at variance.
Editor: Winthrop
Examples
- What a charming reconciler and peacemaker money is! William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- He was not only a professional peacemaker, but from practice a hater of all feuds and brawls. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Another writer, speaking of the Peacemaker, an effective weapon produced after 1870, said: It has the simplicity, durability, and beauty of a monkey-wrench. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
Edited by Joanne