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DISARMER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does disarmer mean? 

DISARMER (noun)
  The noun DISARMER has 1 sense:

1. someone opposed to violence as a means of settling disputesplay

  Familiarity information: DISARMER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DISARMER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone opposed to violence as a means of settling disputes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

disarmer; pacificist; pacifist

Hypernyms ("disarmer" is a kind of...):

adult; grownup (a fully developed person from maturity onward)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "disarmer"):

dove; peacenik (someone who prefers negotiations to armed conflict in the conduct of foreign relations)

Derivation:

disarm (take away the weapons from; render harmless)


 Learn English with... Proverbs 
"There's no arguing with the barrel of a gun." (English proverb)

"He who would do great things should not attempt them all alone." (Native American proverb, Seneca)

"Blind bear picks corn, picks one and throws one." (Chinese proverb)

"A closed mouth catches neither flies nor food." (Corsican proverb)



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