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Noun
S:
(n)
conciliator
,
make-peace
,
pacifier
,
peacemaker
,
reconciler
(someone who tries to bring peace)
direct hyponym
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full hyponym
S:
(n)
appeaser
(someone who tries to bring peace by acceding to demands)
"An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile--hoping it will eat him last"--Winston Churchill
direct hypernym
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inherited hypernym
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sister term
S:
(n)
mediator
,
go-between
,
intermediator
,
intermediary
,
intercessor
(a negotiator who acts as a link between parties)
S:
(n)
mediatrix
(a woman who is a mediator)
S:
(n)
conciliator
,
make-peace
,
pacifier
,
peacemaker
,
reconciler
(someone who tries to bring peace)
S:
(n)
diplomat
(a person who deals tactfully with others)
S:
(n)
harmonizer
,
harmoniser
(a mediator who brings one thing into harmonious agreement with another)
S:
(n)
interpreter
,
translator
(someone who mediates between speakers of different languages)
S:
(n)
matchmaker
,
matcher
,
marriage broker
(someone who arranges (or tries to arrange) marriages for others)
S:
(n)
moderator
(someone who mediates disputes and attempts to avoid violence)
S:
(n)
second hand
(an intermediate person; used in the phrase `at second hand')
"he could learn at second hand from books"
derivationally related form
S:
(n)
pacifier
(anything that serves to pacify)
S:
(n)
comforter
,
pacifier
,
baby's dummy
,
teething ring
(device used for an infant to suck or bite on)