Lexic.us

Definition of Peacemaker

1. Noun. Someone who tries to bring peace.

2. Noun. 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.

Definition of Peacemaker

1. n. One who makes peace by reconciling parties that are at variance.

Definition of Peacemaker

1. Proper noun. An early type of American revolver, particularly the Colt 1873 Single Action Army model. ¹

2. Proper noun. The B-36 bomber. ¹

3. Noun. A person who restores peace, especially by settling disputes. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Peacemaker

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Peacemaker

Payr's sign Pays de la Loire Paytakaran Payton Pazardzhik Pb Pd Pe. PeV Peabody

Peabody bird Peabody birds Peace Corps Peace Garden State Peace of Westphalia Peacemaker (current term) Peach Peach Melba Peach State Peachtree

Peachtree City Peacock Throne Peacockian Peak District Peakean Peano arithmetic Peano curve Pearce Pearl Pearl Bailey

Literary usage of Peacemaker

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Children's Story-sermons by Hugh Thomson Kerr (1911)
"LVIII The Little Peacemaker HER name was Louise, and she was just as pretty ... But how were you a peacemaker, Louise ? I didn't know you were where there ..."

2. Modernizing the Monroe Doctrine by Charles Hitchcock Sherrill (1916)
"CHAPTER H SOUTH AMERICAN MARKETS: COMMERCE AS AN INTERNATIONAL Peacemaker COMMERCE requires a knowledge of those with whom we would trade. ..."

3. Our First Century: Being a Popular Descriptive Portraiture of the One by Richard Miller Devens (1876)
"... the gala day on the decks of that most stupendous and beautiful ship ever beheld <^n the waters of the Potomac. STOCKTON'S GREAT GUN, *'THE Peacemaker. ..."

4. A History of the People of the United States: From the Revolution to the by John Bach McMaster (1906)
"At this crisis, when each power seemed on the verge of an appeal to arms, Great Britain assumed the role of peacemaker and tendered both parties a friendly ..."

5. When the Ak-47s Fall Silent: Revolutionaries, Guerrillas, and the Dangers of by Timothy Charles Brown (2000)
"... AN OAS Peacemaker A BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH Sergio Caramagna is a professional peacemaker with the OAS and has been involved in the peacemaking process in ..."

6. Samuel F.B. Morse: His Letters and Journals by Samuel Finley Breese Morse, Edward Lind Morse (1914)
"Efforts as peacemaker. — Foresees Northern victory. — Gloomy forebodings. — Monument to his father. — Divides part of European gratuity with widow of Vail. ..."

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