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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PACIFIER, n. One who pacifies.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: someone who tries to bring peace [syn: conciliator, make-peace, pacifier, peacemaker, reconciler]
2: anything that serves to pacify
3: device used for an infant to suck or bite on [syn: comforter, pacifier, baby's dummy, teething ring]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1533 1. one that pacifies 2. a usually nipple-shaped device for babies to suck or bite on

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 a person or thing that pacifies. 2 US a baby's dummy.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(pacifiers) A pacifier is a rubber or plastic object that you give to a baby to suck so that he or she feels comforted. (AM; in BRIT, use dummy) N-COUNT

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