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makepeace

UK/meɪkpiːs/US/meɪkpis/

makepeace noun: a peacemaker; one who reconciles persons at variance with one another; a composer of strife; an adjuster of differences.

Noun

makepeace (plural makepeaces)

  1. (rare) A peacemaker; one who reconciles persons at variance with one another; a composer of strife; an adjuster of differences.
    • To be a make-peace shall become my age / Throw down, my son, the Duke of Norfolk's gage.c. 1595, William Shakespeare, Richard II, act 1, scene 1
  2. (obsolete) A stick, rod or bundle of twigs made from birch wood, used for corporal punishment.
    • The civill uſes whereunto the Birch-tree ſerveth are many, as for the puniſhment of Children both at home and at School, for it hath an admirable influence upon them, to quiet them when they are out of Order, and therefore ſome call it Make-peace: The old Roman Magiſirates had it born in bundles...1657, William Coles, chapter CCCXX, in Adam in Eden: Or, Natures Paradiſe, page 594
    Synonyms:
    birch, switch

Proper noun capitalized: Makepeace

Makepeace

  1. A surname transferred from the nickname.
  2. (rare) A male given name transferred from the surname.

Synonyms of makepeace

Forms of makepeace

pluralmakepeaces
alternative formmake-peace

Origin of makepeace

From make + peace.

A nickname, from make peace.

Questions about makepeace

What does makepeace mean?
Makepeace means a peacemaker; one who reconciles persons at variance with one another; a composer of strife; an adjuster of differences.
What part of speech is makepeace?
Makepeace can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce makepeace?
Makepeace is pronounced /meɪkpiːs/ (UK).
What is the plural of makepeace?
The plural of makepeace is makepeaces.

Words near makepeace in the dictionary

  1. Makenzie
  2. makeout
  3. makeouts
  4. makeover
  5. makeovers
  6. makepeace
  7. makepeaces
  8. maker
  9. maker's name
  10. maker-outer
  11. maker-outers

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