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PEACEMAKER

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

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

Synonyms:

Browning machine gun; Peacemaker

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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

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

Sense 2

Meaning:

Someone who tries to bring peace

Synonyms:

conciliator; make-peace; pacifier; peacemaker; reconciler

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

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)

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