peacemaker

«peacemaker» in Mova's school dictionary: A person who helps people or groups stop fighting and… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a peacemaker, peacemakers)

meaning for a pupil

1) A person who helps people or groups stop fighting and make friends again. tree →

2) (Bible) In the Bible, Jesus says «Blessed are the peacemakers», and Christians believe peacemakers do God's work. tree →

3) (informal) Someone in a family or class who often calms arguments down. tree →

sense 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 →
• The teacher asked Ava to be the peacemaker at the football game. tree →
• «Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called children of God.» tree →
• A good peacemaker listens to both sides first. tree →
• The two kings sent a peacemaker to stop the war. tree →
• Grandad always played the peacemaker at family dinners. tree →
• Being a peacemaker takes patience and courage. tree →

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).

In the corpora

• Jesus said, «Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God».

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «peacemaker» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.