peacekeeper

peacekeeper
/pees"kee'peuhr/, n.
1. a person who maintains or restores peace and amity; mediator: Mother was the peacekeeper in our family.
2. a soldier, military force, etc., deployed to maintain or restore peace: American marines sent abroad as peacekeepers.
[1570-80; PEACE + KEEPER]

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