Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (3)
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;
- Example: "she's the peacekeeper in that family"3.
the pistol of a law officer in the old West;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
peacekeeper \peacekeeper\ n.
1. a member of a military force that is assigned (often with
international sanction) to preserve peace in a trouble
area.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. someone who keeps peace; as, she's the peacekeeper in that
family.
[WordNet 1.5]
3. the pistol of a law officer in the old West. [U. S.
History]
[WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
peacekeeper
n 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; "she's the peacekeeper in that
family"
3: the pistol of a law officer in the old West