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peacemaker

pea·ce·ma·ker

UK/ˈpiːsmeɪkə(ɹ)/ US/ˈpiˌsmeɪkɜr/ uncommon

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a belt-fed machine gun capable of firing more than 500 rounds per minute; used by United States troops in World War II and the Korean War

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Compound of peace + maker. First attested in the Tyndale Bible from 1526, as a translation of Koine Greek εἰρηνοποιοί (eirēnopoioí, “peacemaker”), a hapax legomenon found in the New Testament. (The Wycliffe Bible from 1395 instead uses "pesible men", to translate Latin pacifici from the Vulgate)

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