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peacemaker

/ˌpisˈmeɪkər/
/pisˈmeɪkə/
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Other forms: peacemakers

A peacemaker is a person who helps others solve a conflict and reach a peaceful solution. Of course Gandhi was a famous peacemaker, but even the volunteer on playground patrol can act as a peacemaker too.

An individual can be a peacemaker, and there are also organizations that work as peacemakers. If two countries are engaged in a long war, for example, peacemakers might help negotiate a truce. Diplomats and mediators are peacemakers, and if you help your angry sisters come to a peaceable agreement about whose turn it is to take out the trash, you're a peacemaker too.

Definitions of peacemaker
  1. noun
    someone who tries to bring peace
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    types:
    appeaser
    someone who tries to bring peace by acceding to demands
    type of:
    go-between, intercessor, intermediary, intermediator, mediator
    a negotiator who acts as a link between parties
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