Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. One who reconciles; especially, one who brings parties at variance into renewed friendship.
Wiktionary
- n. One who reconciles.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. One who reconciles.
WordNet 3.0
- n. someone who tries to bring peace
Examples
“reconciler" drowning in a sea of adverse facts, can explain the catching at such a poor straw as the reckless guess that the swineherds of the "country of the Gadarenes" were erring Jews, doing a little clandestine business on their own account.”
Collected Essays, Volume V Science and Christian Tradition: Essays
“During yesterday's love fest, the President was, of course, a bridgemaker, a reconciler, and group hug organizer — unless, that is, you don't happen to support, celebrate, and otherwise bow before the Shrine of LGBT Pride.”
“Yesterday's great reconciler would have become today's great compromiser -- if there had been anyone to compromise with.”
“He was a reconciler, someone who had, in his own person, reconciled so much in the world that seemed diametrically opposed.”
“If Faisal Abdul Rauf is really interested in being a reconciler, perhaps he could start small by offering to mediate this dispute.”
The Wall Street Journal: 'A Call to Prayer From the Rubble of the WTC'
“With the climate bill in limbo, EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson is playing enforcer and reconciler at the same time.”
The Huffington Post: Frank Sesno: Lisa Jackson and the "Headline People Don't Want to Discuss"
“What we need now is a reconciler, a uniter ... one who can reach across party lines and collaborate.”
“The misery in the so called Holy Land is also ideologically supported by legions of misinformed, uninformed apathetic American Christians who have neglected to honor what Jesus said was non-negotiable-that is if you really love him - you must and will forgive, pray for, do good towards your enemies and try to be a peacemaker [reconciler] for they are the daughters and sons of the Lord.”
“Ferraro does not buy the notion of Obama as the great reconciler.”
“After a violation of trust -- and according to marriage expert Peggy Vaughan an affair is more about breaking trust than having sex -- the best reconciler in a marriage are small acts of kindness.”
Therese Borchard: 12 Ways To Recover From An Emotional Affair
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