单词 | peacekeeper |
释义 | peacekeepern. A person who keeps or maintains peace; a person who prevents or averts strife; a guardian of the peace. In later use frequently: spec. a member of a force, organization, or mission engaged in maintaining peace between hostile states, communities, or factions.Formerly also: †a person who refrains from disorder or strife (obsolete). ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > absence of dissension or peace > [noun] > peaceable person > one who maintains peace peacec1380 peacekeeper1579 society > armed hostility > peace > pacification > [noun] > peace-keeping > organization or member of peacekeeper1579 peacekeeping force1911 1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 74 Those which the Grecians call Irenophylaces, as who would saye, peacekeepers. 1622 R. Aylett Peace with her Foure Garders sig. A3 Thou great Peace-Keeper, whom the greatest King..doth intrust With his Great Seale, as Prudent, Faithfull, Iust. 1643 J. Angier Lancashires Valley of Achor 5 Had not God..moved them to be the Peace-Keepers..they had been satisfied with blood. 1727 J. Mitchell Tale & Two Fables 11 (heading) Poltis, King of Thrace: or, The Peace-Keeper. 1847 Commerc. Rev. South & West Feb. 94 It is his vocation to be the peace maker and peace keeper of the world. 1905 Daily Chron. 15 June 4/6 The German Emperor... The real peace-keeper of Europe. 1931 H. Branscomb Techings of Jesus xi. 168 One of the most striking of the beatitudes is the seventh, which declares that it is the peacemakers—not the peace keepers—that are especially blessed. 1965 Maclean's 1 Dec. 16 Lieutenant-General Burns..was the first of a new breed of international trouble-shooters who now try to halt the escalators of war by policing cease-fires—the Canadian peacekeepers. 1989 D. H. Fischer Albion's Seed 188 Puritan Massachusetts turned instead to the most communitarian of English peacekeepers—the village constable. 2001 C. Coker Humane Warfare v. 108 In 1998 more civilians working in NGOs died than peacekeepers. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1579 |
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