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pacificator|pəˈsɪfɪkeɪtə(r)|
[a. L. pācificātor, agent-n. from pācificāre to pacify. Cf. F. pacificateur (c 1500 in Godef. Compl.).]
One who pacifies or brings to a state of peace; a peace-maker.
1539Cromwell in Merriman Life & Lett. (1902) II. 203 His highnes remitteth the conclusyon of thair affaires with any Ambassadours or pacificatours there. 1622Bacon Hen. VII 50 He had in consideration the point of honour, in bearing the blessed person of a pacificator. 1750H. Walpole Lett. H. Mann (1834) II. 359 As he is a good pacificator..we may want his assistance at home before the end of the winter. 1847Lewes Hist. Philos. (1867) I. 25 Greece..drawn into the contest as pacificator and arbiter. 1907G. B. Shaw Let. 10 June (1972) II. 692, I..have just created a scandal among the German pacificators by informing the leading Viennese newspaper that I consider disarmament..absurd. 1968Daily Tel. (Colour Suppl.) 13 Dec. 43/4 Drink, in other words, is becoming the opium of the people: the great pacificator. |