Meanings
plural peace doves
- governmentSynonym of dove (“a person favoring conciliation and negotiation rather than conflict”)
A few months ago it looked as if the nations were all engaged in beating the sword into the ploughshare and outrivalling each other in the laudable attempt to raise the largest brood of peace doves, and now it looks as if the nations were rapidly converting the plougshare back into the sword.
1908, The Forum Publishing Company (publisher), “The Baltic Question”, in Forum, volume 39, page 468Synonyms: dove
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of dove (“a person favoring conciliation and negotiation rather than conflict”)
Cite this entry
peace dove. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/peace%20dove
“peace dove.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/peace%20dove. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “peace dove,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/peace%20dove.
Source: peace dove on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.