PEACEKEEPER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does peacekeeper mean? 

• PEACEKEEPER (noun)
  The noun PEACEKEEPER has 3 senses:

1. a member of a military force that is assigned (often with international sanction) to preserve peace in a trouble area

2. someone who keeps peace

3. the pistol of a law officer in the old West

  Familiarity information: PEACEKEEPER used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PEACEKEEPER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A member of a military force that is assigned (often with international sanction) to preserve peace in a trouble area

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("peacekeeper" is a kind of...):

soldier (an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army)

Domain category:

armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Someone who keeps peace

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Context example:

she's the peacekeeper in that family

Hypernyms ("peacekeeper" is a kind of...):

defender; guardian; protector; shielder (a person who cares for persons or property)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The pistol of a law officer in the old West

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("peacekeeper" is a kind of...):

handgun; pistol; shooting iron; side arm (a firearm that is held and fired with one hand)