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单词 pacificator
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pacificatorn.

Brit. /pəˈsɪfᵻkeɪtə/, U.S. /pəˈsɪfᵻˌkeɪdər/
Forms: 1500s pacificatour, 1600s– pacificator.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin pācificātor.
Etymology: < classical Latin pācificātor peacemaker, pacifier < pācificāt- , past participial stem of pācificāre pacify v. + -or -or suffix. Compare Middle French, French pacificateur arbiter, peacemaker (early 16th cent.). Compare pacifier n., earlier pacification n., and later pacificate v.
A person who or thing which pacificates someone or something; a peacemaker; a thing that soothes or subdues.
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society > armed hostility > peace > pacification > [noun] > peacemaker
peacemaker?a1425
make-peacea1513
pacifier1533
compounder1539
pacificator1539
truce-maker1552
ground-layer1603
stickler1615
peace-wright1718
peacemonger1808
honest broker1878
society > society and the community > dissent > absence of dissension or peace > bringing about concord or peace > [noun] > one who
peacemaker?a1425
make-peacea1513
pacificator1539
1539 T. Cromwell in R. B. Merriman Life & Lett. T. Cromwell (1902) II. 203 His highnes remitteth the conclusyon of thair affaires with any Ambassadours or pacificatours there.
1622 F. Bacon Hist. Raigne Henry VII 50 He had in consideration the point of honour, in bearing the blessed person of a pacificator.
1750 H. Walpole Lett. to H. Mann (1834) II. 359 As he is a good pacificator..we may want his assistance at home before the end of the winter.
1799 C. Ludger Reconciliation ii. v. 42 Pacificators will seldom please both parties.
1833 J. Galt Gudewife in Fraser's Mag. Dec. 656/1 My mother..advised me to give it [sc. a baby] sweetened rum and water for a pacificator.
1841 N. Amer. Rev. Apr. 347 Increase Mather was the Henry Clay of his day, the Great Pacificator, the author of the great Compromise Act.
1883 G. H. Calvert Brangonar ii. ii. 36 Commerce blithe, Wealth's wakeful nurse, Ready pacificator, threads again Her myriad sheltered paths.
1907 G. 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.
1968 Daily Tel. 13 Dec. (Colour Suppl.) 43/4 Drink..is becoming the opium of the people: the great pacificator.
1997 Dallas Morning News (Nexis) 3 Dec. 33 a Today's university sees itself not just as entertainer,..but as social pacificator and facilitator.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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