make-peacen.adj.
/ˈmeɪkpiːs/, U.S. /ˈmeɪkˌpis/ Now rare.
A. n.
A person who or thing which makes peace; a peacemaker.
ΘΚΠ
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
a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. lxxxxvv It was not longe after or the Scottis..Callyd hir Iane make peace.
1552 T. Barnabe Let. 1 Oct. in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1827) 2nd Ser. II. 202 I knowe a towne in Normandye..is now a seconde Rone, & yt is the verye gulfe, gulet, and mouthe of the See, and a make-peace yf we hadde yt.
1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II i. i. 160 To be a make-peace shal become my age. View more context for this quotation
1657 W. Coles Adam in Eden cccxx. 594 The civill uses whereunto the Birch tree serveth are many, as for the punishment of Children..for it hath an admirable influence upon them, to quiet them when they are out of Order, and therefore some call it Make-peace.
1855 E. M. Sewell Cleve Hall I. 388 Fanny, who was the make-peace of the family, found a place for him at the table.
B. adj. (attributive).
That is a peacemaker; pacific, conciliatory.
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1595 S. Daniel First Fowre Bks. Ciuile Warres v. xlvii. sig. Cc When make-peace Hymen shall Bring the conioyned aduers powers to bed.
1836 G. E. Inman Sir Orfeo 13 Sir Orfeo might have gone To seek his make-peace wife alone.
2008 A. Davies Mine All Mine 40 ‘Look,’ he says in a makepeace voice, ‘at least in the short term you need your job, right?’
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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