peacekeeper
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- noun
- /ˈpiːsˌkiːpər/
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- We are UN peacekeepers.
- United Nations peacekeepers
- UN peacekeepers
- NATO peacekeepers
It looks to member states to contribute peacekeepers.
- It looks to member states to contribute peacekeepers.
Examples
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The kind of terrain upon which the peacekeepers must operate is also a factor.
Academic text (1998) -
Colonel Oliver said he has 300 UN peacekeepers for the whole country.
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I consider the role of "peacekeeper" relevant to my military training.
Academic text (2001) -
We are the largest UN peacekeeper in the world right now.
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Both villages and peacekeepers are under fire now.
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Few well equipped, well trained, professional UN peacekeepers would go a long way.
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As a result, the UN mission had deployed its peacekeepers to protect civilians.
Blog text (31) -
The UN has already sent peacekeepers to Croatia.
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On United Nations duty in Somalia, forty-seven peacekeepers of the battalion were baptized on a Mogadishu beach.
Academic text (1997) -
The U.N. deployed peacekeepers to help stabilize the region after the civil war.
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Etymology
Peacekeeper comes from peace ('calm, no war') and keeper ('one who keeps'), so it literally means 'one who keeps the peace'. That is why soldiers or police sent by the United Nations or other groups to a conflict area are called peacekeepers — they try to keep calm and stop fighting.