peacekeeper
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4.1
- noun
- /ˈpiːsˌkiːpər/
:
mediador
- In her role as a family mediator, she often acted as a peacekeeper during disputes between relatives.
- the peacekeeper role
- play the peacekeeper
And you just talked about, you know, you said you wanted to be a peacekeeper and keep things light.
- And you just talked about, you know, you said you wanted to be a peacekeeper and keep things light.
Examples
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In recent years, it has played peacekeeper in Afghanistan, trained security forces in Iraq, and given logistical support to the African Union's mission in Darfur.
Academic text (2006) -
It will take years to reestablish the expectation among public secondary school teachers that students will routinely heed them; only this confidence enables them to be peacekeepers.
Academic text (1998) -
And you just talked about, you know, you said you wanted to be a peacekeeper and keep things light.
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Publicly, Ross was playing the role of peacekeeper.
Blog text (20) -
The primary peacekeepers in schools have to be the teachers, as the Japanese experience demonstrates.
Academic text (1998) -
I was left feeling like I had to protect my parents from each other and placed myself smack in the center as the peacekeeper between them.
Blog text (27) -
Make it possible for them to use their wisdom by serving as peacekeepers, conflict mediators, and whistleblowers.
Fiction book (1997) -
Perhaps we have failed to be as fair and even-handed as we might have been in our role as peacekeepers and mediators in the Middle East.
Blog text (30) -
The peacekeeper role of teachers gradually eroded in many public secondary schools because, even in schools where most students take education seriously, a small number of misbehaving students sabotage classroom order and intimidate teachers.
Academic text (1998) -
The United Nations deployed several peacekeepers to the conflict zone to help maintain order.
Synonyms
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3.7
A person who helps end arguments and makes people agree
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3.5
A person who has legal power to make people follow the law, like a police officer or sheriff
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7.0
A person who helps two people or groups stop arguing and reach an agreement
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7.0
A person who calms people and helps stop conflict
Antonyms
How Forceful
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Peacekeeper is like goalkeeper or housekeeper, because keeper means 'someone who looks after' and peace means 'calm'. So a peacekeeper is a person who helps calm arguments and keep order.