Meaning

3 senses
  1. One that preserves the peace.

    миротво́рецmirotvórec

    зами́рювачzamýrjuvač, миротво́рецьmyrotvórecʹ

    someone who keeps peace

  2. A member of a military force charged with peacekeeping duties in a troublespot.

    миротво́рецmirotvórec

    зами́рювачzamýrjuvač, миротво́рецьmyrotvórecʹ

    a member of a military force that is assigned (often with international sanction) to preserve peace in a trouble area

  3. (Canada)An officer of the peace (police officer) in a force run by a Canadian aboriginal community.

Examples

5 sentences
  1. Ladsous said some of the peacekeepers would be redeployed from areas where security threat levels have decreased to potential flash points.

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  2. The United Nations sent peacekeepers to Bosnia.

    ruОрганизация Объединенных Наций отправила миротворцев в Боснию.

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  3. Algeria purportedly is interested in sending peacekeepers to Libya.

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  4. Peacekeeper is the basic rank of active officers in the French National Police.

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  5. Should we send peacekeepers into the United States, where gun use is out of control?

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Translations

4 languages
Українська
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Русский
By meaning 1
one that preserves the peace:

Forms

plural: peacekeepers
Singularpeacekeeper
Pluralpeacekeepers

regular

Word family

1 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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