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Peacekeeper

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    One that preserves the peace.

    "Roughly 1200 years ago, the turians were invited to join the Citadel Council to fulfill the role of galactic peacekeepers. The turians have the largest fleet in Citadel space, and they make up the single largest portion of the Council's military forces."

  2. 2
    the pistol of a law officer in the old West wordnet
  3. 3
    A member of a military force charged with peacekeeping duties in a troublespot.

    "The grainy footage showed the peacekeepers first bound and beaten, then hooded and dead, hanging by the neck from a wooden ceiling beam. ."

  4. 4
    someone who keeps peace wordnet
  5. 5
    An officer of the peace (police officer) in a force run by a Canadian aboriginal community. Canada
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  1. 6
    a member of a military force that is assigned (often with international sanction) to preserve peace in a trouble area wordnet

Etymology

From peace + keeper.

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