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pac·i·fi·er

(păs′ə-fī′ər)

A rubber or plastic nipple or teething ring for a baby to suck or chew on.

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pacifier

(ˈpæsɪˌfaɪə)

1. a person or thing that pacifies

2. US and Canadian a baby's dummy or teething ring

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

pac•i•fi•er

(ˈpæs əˌfaɪ ər)

n.

1. a person or thing that pacifies.

2. a device, often shaped like a nipple, for a baby to suck or bite on.

[1525–35]

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Noun	1.	pacifier - someone who tries to bring peace conciliator, make-peace, peacemaker, reconciler go-between, intercessor, intermediary, intermediator, mediator - a negotiator who acts as a link between parties appeaser - someone who tries to bring peace by acceding to demands; "An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile--hoping it will eat him last"--Winston Churchill
	2.	pacifier - anything that serves to pacify thing - an entity that is not named specifically; "I couldn't tell what the thing was"
	3.	pacifier - device used for an infant to suck or bite on baby's dummy, teething ring, comforter device - an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose; "the device is small enough to wear on your wrist"; "a device intended to conserve water"

Translations

Schnuller Beruhigungsmittel

πιπίλα

پستانک

suce

succhiotto cicciotto ciuccio pacificatore

пустышка

pacifier

[ˈpæsɪfaɪəʳ] N (US) (= dummy) → chupete m

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

pacifier

[ˈpæsɪfaɪə^r] n (US) (= dummy) → tétine f

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

pacifier

(= peacemaker) → Friedensstifter(in) m(f)

(US: for baby) → Schnuller m

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

pacifier

[ˈpæsɪˌfaɪəʳ] n (Am) (fam) (dummy) → succhiotto, ciuccio

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

pa·ci·fi·er

n. chupete, tetera, teto.

English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

pacifier

n chupete m, chupón m

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Alexander I- the pacifier of Europe, the man who from his early years had striven only for his people's welfare, the originator of the liberal innovations in his fatherland- now that he seemed to possess the utmost power and therefore to have the possibility of bringing about the welfare of his peoples- at the time when Napoleon in exile was drawing up childish and mendacious plans of how he would have made mankind happy had he retained power- Alexander I, having fulfilled his mission and feeling the hand of God upon him, suddenly recognizes the insignificance of that supposed power, turns away from it, and gives it into the hands of contemptible men whom he despises, saying only:

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