Peacemaker

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Peacemaker \Peace"mak`er\, n.
     One who makes peace by reconciling parties that are at
     variance. --Matt. v. 9.
     [1913 Webster] --{Peace"mak`ing}, n.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  peacemaker
       n 1: someone who tries to bring peace [syn: {conciliator}, {make-peace},
             {pacifier}, {reconciler}]
       2: 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 [syn: {Browning machine gun}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  55 Moby Thesaurus words for "peacemaker":
     adjudicator, alleviative, alleviator, anodyne, appeaser,
     arbitrator, assuager, balm, calmative, conchie, conciliator,
     conscientious objector, cushion, diplomat, dolorifuge, dove,
     family counselor, go-between, interceder, intermediary,
     intermediator, lenitive, make-peace, marriage counselor, mediator,
     mitigator, moderator, modulator, mollifier, negotiator,
     pacificator, pacificist, pacifier, pacifist, palliative,
     peace lover, peacekeeper, peacemonger, peacenik, placater,
     propitiator, reconciler, referee, restraining hand, salve,
     sedative, shock absorber, smoother-over, soother, soothing syrup,
     stabilizer, temperer, tranquilizer, umpire, wiser head