peacekeeper

English

Etymology

From peace +‎ keeper.

Noun

peacekeeper (plural peacekeepers)

1. One that preserves the peace.
   • 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Turians Codex entry:

     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.

2. A member of a military force charged with peacekeeping duties in a troublespot.
   • 2013, Chris Ryan, Masters of War:

     The grainy footage showed the peacekeepers first bound and beaten, then hooded and dead, hanging by the neck from a wooden ceiling beam. .

   • 2023 May 30, Christian Edwards, “Why did ethnic Serbs attack NATO peacekeepers in Kosovo? Here’s what we know”, in CNN‎:

     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.

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

Translations

one that preserves the peace

Armenian: խաղաղապահ (hy) (xaġaġapah) Azerbaijani: sülhməramlı Belarusian: міратво́рац m (miratvórac) Estonian: rahuvalvaja Finnish: rauhanturvaaja (fi) Korean: 평화 유지군(平和維持軍) (pyeonghwa yujigun) (troops) Russian: миротво́рец (ru) m (mirotvórec) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: миро̀вња̄к m Roman: miròvnjāk (sh) m Ukrainian: зами́рювач m (zamýrjuvač), миротво́рець m (myrotvórecʹ)

member of a military force charged with peacekeeping duties

Armenian: խաղաղապահ (hy) (xaġaġapah) Azerbaijani: sülhməramlı Belarusian: міратво́рац m (miratvórac) Chinese: Mandarin: 維和人員 / 维和人员 (wéihé rényuán), 和平隊 / 和平队 (hépíng duì) Finnish: rauhanturvaaja (fi) French: gardien de la paix (fr) m, gardienne de la paix (fr) f Polish: stróż bezpieczeństwa (pl) m Russian: миротво́рец (ru) m (mirotvórec) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: миро̀вња̄к m Roman: miròvnjāk (sh) m Ukrainian: зами́рювач m (zamýrjuvač), миротво́рець m (myrotvórecʹ)

First Nations of Canada peace officer

French: peacekeeper m Mohawk: karíhton

French

Etymology

From English peacekeeper.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pis.ki.pœʁ/

Noun

peacekeeper m (plural peacekeepers)

1. (Canada, law enforcement) peacekeeper (peace officer from an aboriginal Canadian community)