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MAKE-PEACE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does make-peace mean?
• MAKE-PEACE (noun)
The noun MAKE-PEACE has 1 sense:
1. someone who tries to bring peace
Familiarity information: MAKE-PEACE 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 ("make-peace" 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 "make-peace"):
appeaser (someone who tries to bring peace by acceding to demands)
Derivation:
make peace (end hostilities)
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