Noun: pacifier 'pa-su,fI(-u)r
- [N. Amer] Device used for an infant to suck or bite on
"The fussy baby calmed down once given her pacifier";
- comforter, baby's dummy [Brit], teething ring, soother [Brit, Cdn], dummy [Brit]
- Anything that serves to pacify
"The mother gave her crying baby a pacifier to soothe it"
- Someone who tries to bring peace
"He acted as a pacifier between the two arguing factions";
- conciliator, make-peace, peacemaker, reconciler
Derived forms: pacifiers
Type of: device, go-between, intercessor, intermediary, intermediate, intermediator, mediator, thing
Encyclopedia: Pacifier