Peacemaker (Noun)
Meaning 1
Someone who tries to bring peace.
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- She was a natural peacemaker, often stepping in to resolve disputes between her siblings.
- The community leader acted as a peacemaker, bringing together rival groups to negotiate a peaceful resolution.
- Her calm demeanor made her a skilled peacemaker in the workplace, where tensions often ran high.
- As a trusted friend, he often found himself in the role of peacemaker, mediating conflicts between his friends.
- The diplomat was hailed as a peacemaker after brokering a historic peace treaty between the warring nations.
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Meaning 2
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.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- The M3 Browning's successor, the M2HB's main competing model peer, officially known as the M3 was widely known as the "peacemaker" due to its sheer firepower.
- In the US Military during World War II and the Korean War the M3 Browning's faster firing peer was coined the "peacemaker" among US forces in Korea and so gained similar informal names during the said wars.
- American war veterans respectfully recalled the "peacemaker," an honor for its function on foreign battlefields.
- US soldiers referred to the high speed, main line machine gun of their time affectionately calling the M2HB the "peacemaker".
- An air-cooled machine gun also sometimes called the "peacemaker" took its place in early 1950s US armament, its design finally replaced just a decade later.