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CONCILIATOR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does conciliator mean?
• CONCILIATOR (noun)
The noun CONCILIATOR has 1 sense:
1. someone who tries to bring peace
Familiarity information: CONCILIATOR used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone who tries to bring peace
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
conciliator; make-peace; pacifier; peacemaker; reconciler
Hypernyms ("conciliator" is a kind of...):
go-between; intercessor; intermediary; intermediator; mediator (a negotiator who acts as a link between parties)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "conciliator"):
appeaser (someone who tries to bring peace by acceding to demands)
Derivation:
conciliate (cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of)
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