Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who violates or disturbs the public peace.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun One who disturbs the public peace.

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  • noun One who disturbs the public peace.

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Examples

  • Cerryl began to write slowly, glad that the beggar remained only the third peacebreaker on whom he had been forced to use chaos fire during his first three eight-days as a Patrol mage for the southeast section.

    Colors of Chaos Modesitt, L. E. 1999

  • Second, the Guild can blame me and give the family of a proven peacebreaker four golds as recompense - and that's more than they probably see in years.

    Colors of Chaos Modesitt, L. E. 1999

  • While the arms mage was certain he hadn't seen the man before, the accused peacebreaker was of the same type as the disguised armsmen hired by the five traders Cerryl had turned to ash.

    Colors of Chaos Modesitt, L. E. 1999

  • First, I only hurt and did not injure permanently a poor boy who was already a peacebreaker.

    Colors of Chaos Modesitt, L. E. 1999

  • If he is a peacemaker, sometimes he is a peacebreaker, and with all due respect to him he is not always a law-abiding man.

    The Personal Touch J. Wilbur Chapman

  • ... no man may encroach upon the person or the property of another save with the express permission of the Council unless some person has been observed breaking the peace and flees ... nor may any patroller enter the dwelling of any family, save as invited, or in pursuit of an observed peacebreaker or with the permission of the Council ...

    Colors of Chaos Modesitt, L. E. 1999

  • "After all, the boy was a peacebreaker, wasn't he?

    Colors of Chaos Modesitt, L. E. 1999

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