peacemaker Definition
peace·maker (-māk′ər)
noun
a person who makes peace, as by settling the disagreements or quarrels of others
peacemaker Related Forms
peace′·mak′ing noun, adjective
peacemaker Synonyms
peacemaker Usage Examples
Converse of object
- become: Do whatever you can, in small or large ways, to assist anyone who wants to become a peacemaker.
- play: Instead of being toppled and arrested, he played the peacemaker.
- kidnap: Search goes on for Christian peacemaker kidnaped in Iraq | Peace Church.
- introduce: A pioneering conference introducing peacemakers from around the world will soon be held at the University of Bradford.
- act: Beth acts the peacemaker and says that they have to try and find a way home for them.
Adjective modifier
- Christian: Search goes on for Christian peacemaker kidnaped in Iraq | Peace Church.
- great: He was a great peacemaker, used by many Popes to pacify warring Italian cities.
- active: Help us to be active peacemakers -- to bring peace into the world by whatever means we are able.
- consummate: He was regarded as the consummate peacemaker at a time of international tension.
- humanitarian: Currently part of my work is as a humanitarian peacemaker in the Holy Land.
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