Meanings
plural peacekeepers
- 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.
2008, BioWare, Mass Effect, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Turians Codex entry - 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. .
2013, Chris Ryan, Masters of War1 more example
Dozens of NATO peacekeepers were injured after they were attacked by ethnic Serbs in northern Kosovo, during protests over the installation of ethnically Albanian mayors.
2023 May 30, Christian Edwards, “Why did ethnic Serbs attack NATO peacekeepers in Kosovo? Here’s what we know”, in CNN - CanadagovernmentAn officer of the peace (police officer) in a force run by a Canadian aboriginal community.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*peh₂ḱ-
- Proto-Indo-European*péh₂ḱs
- Proto-Italic*pāks
- Latinpāx
- Old Frenchpais
- Anglo-Normanpeis
- Middle Englishpees
- Englishpeace
- Englishkeeper
- Englishpeacekeeper
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 維和人員 /维和人员, 和平隊 /和平队
- 維和人員 /维和人员 (wéihé rényuán)member of a military force charged with peacekeeping duties
- 和平隊 /和平队 (hépíng duì)member of a military force charged with peacekeeping duties
Estonian rahuvalvaja
- rahuvalvajaone that preserves the peace
Finnish rauhanturvaaja, rauhanturvaaja
- rauhanturvaajaone that preserves the peace
- rauhanturvaajamember of a military force charged with peacekeeping duties
French gardien de la paix, gardienne de la paix
- gardien de la paixmember of a military force charged with peacekeeping duties
- gardienne de la paixmember of a military force charged with peacekeeping duties
- peacekeeperFirst Nations of Canada peace officer
Korean 평화 유지군
- 평화 유지군 (pyeonghwa yujigun)one that preserves the peace
Polish stróż bezpieczeństwa
- stróż bezpieczeństwamember of a military force charged with peacekeeping duties
Russian миротво́рец, миротво́рец
- миротво́рец (mirotvórec)one that preserves the peace
- миротво́рец (mirotvórec)member of a military force charged with peacekeeping duties
Ukrainian зами́рювач, миротво́рець
- зами́рювач (zamýrjuvač)one that preserves the peace
- миротво́рець (myrotvórecʹ)one that preserves the peace
- зами́рювач (zamýrjuvač)member of a military force charged with peacekeeping duties
- миротво́рець (myrotvórecʹ)member of a military force charged with peacekeeping duties
Cite this entry
peacekeeper. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/peacekeeper
“peacekeeper.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/peacekeeper. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “peacekeeper,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/peacekeeper.
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