Etymology

peacemaker

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Today it means: A person who restores peace, especially by settling disputes; one who engages in peacemaking. Full definition →

Koine Greek εἰρηνοποιοί
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peacemaker · noun1

  1. Koine Greek · calque ofεἰρηνοποιοί“peacemaker”
  2. English todaypeacemaker

Compound of peace + maker. First attested in the Tyndale Bible from 1526, as a translation of Koine Greek εἰρηνοποιοί (eirēnopoioí, “peacemaker”), a hapax legomenon found in the New Testament. (The Wycliffe Bible from 1395 instead uses "pesible men", to translate Latin pacifici from the Vulgate)

Peacemaker · noun2

Proprialisation of peacemaker.

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