[syn: Browning machine gun, Peacemaker]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Peacemaker \Peace"mak`er\, n.
One who makes peace by reconciling parties that are at
variance. --Matt. v. 9.
[1913 Webster] --Peace"mak`ing, n.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
peacemaker
n 1: someone who tries to bring peace [syn: conciliator,
make-peace, pacifier, peacemaker, reconciler]
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 [syn: Browning machine gun, Peacemaker]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
55 Moby Thesaurus words for "peacemaker":
adjudicator, alleviative, alleviator, anodyne, appeaser,
arbitrator, assuager, balm, calmative, conchie, conciliator,
conscientious objector, cushion, diplomat, dolorifuge, dove,
family counselor, go-between, interceder, intermediary,
intermediator, lenitive, make-peace, marriage counselor, mediator,
mitigator, moderator, modulator, mollifier, negotiator,
pacificator, pacificist, pacifier, pacifist, palliative,
peace lover, peacekeeper, peacemonger, peacenik, placater,
propitiator, reconciler, referee, restraining hand, salve,
sedative, shock absorber, smoother-over, soother, soothing syrup,
stabilizer, temperer, tranquilizer, umpire, wiser head