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DISARMER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does disarmer mean?
• DISARMER (noun)
The noun DISARMER has 1 sense:
1. someone opposed to violence as a means of settling disputes
Familiarity information: DISARMER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone opposed to violence as a means of settling disputes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
disarmer; pacificist; pacifist
Hypernyms ("disarmer" is a kind of...):
adult; grownup (a fully developed person from maturity onward)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "disarmer"):
dove; peacenik (someone who prefers negotiations to armed conflict in the conduct of foreign relations)
Derivation:
disarm (take away the weapons from; render harmless)
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