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🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

调停者

Pronunciation / Transliteration: tiáo tíng zhě

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Peacemaker/ˈpiːsˌmeɪ.kər/
nounCEFR C1 (Advanced)Top #4500 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"联合国派出了调停者来解决冲突。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A person who brings about peace, especially by reconciling adversaries.

    "The veteran diplomat acted as a key peacemaker in the protracted regional conflict."
  2. 2

    A device or entity that serves to establish or maintain peace, historically also used as a colloquial name for a Colt single-action revolver.

    "Both sides sought a technological peacemaker to permanently end the cyber warfare escalation."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Middle English words 'peace' (from Old French 'pais', Latin 'pax') and 'maker' (from Old English 'macian'). It entered common usage in the late 14th century to describe individuals who actively bring about reconciliation and harmony between hostile parties.

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