PEACEMAKER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Peacemaker mean? 

• PEACEMAKER (noun)
  The noun PEACEMAKER has 2 senses:

1. someone who tries to bring peace

2. a belt-fed machine gun capable of firing more than 500 rounds per minute; used by United States troops in World War II and the Korean War

  Familiarity information: PEACEMAKER used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PEACEMAKER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who tries to bring peace

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

conciliator; make-peace; pacifier; peacemaker; reconciler

Hypernyms ("peacemaker" 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 "peacemaker"):

appeaser (someone who tries to bring peace by acceding to demands)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A belt-fed machine gun capable of firing more than 500 rounds per minute; used by United States troops in World War II and the Korean War

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

Browning machine gun; Peacemaker

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

machine gun (a rapidly firing automatic gun (often mounted))

 Context examples 

“You hear, young sir?” said the peacemaker.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

"Birds in their little nests agree," sang Beth, the peacemaker, with such a funny face that both sharp voices softened to a laugh, and the "pecking" ended for that time.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)