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# peacemaker

noun (a peacemaker, peacemakers)

«peacemaker» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A person who helps people or groups stop fighting and make friends again. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peacemaker/#m1)
2. (Bible) In the Bible, Jesus says «Blessed are the peacemakers», and Christians believe peacemakers do God's work. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peacemaker/#m2)
3. (informal) Someone in a family or class who often calms arguments down. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peacemaker/#m3)

### In the lessons

In stories the peacemaker steps between two sides and helps them listen; in school it names a pupil who helps settle playground quarrels; in church it comes from the Beatitudes in the Sermon on the Mount. Phrases: «play the peacemaker», «act as peacemaker», «a natural peacemaker».

### Examples

- My sister is the peacemaker when my brothers argue. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peacemaker/#x1)
- The teacher asked Ava to be the peacemaker at the football game. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peacemaker/#x2)
- «Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called children of God.» [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peacemaker/#x3)
- A good peacemaker listens to both sides first. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peacemaker/#x4)
- The two kings sent a peacemaker to stop the war. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peacemaker/#x5)
- Grandad always played the peacemaker at family dinners. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peacemaker/#x6)
- Being a peacemaker takes patience and courage. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peacemaker/#x7)

### Note

Countable noun, one word, plural peacemakers. A peacemaker is not the same as a person who simply keeps quiet; the peacemaker works to fix the quarrel. Related: peace, make peace, peaceable, peacekeeper (a soldier who keeps peace after a war).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «peacemaker» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peacemaker/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«peacemaker» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/peacemaker.html) on Mova free.