pacifist

pacifist
/pas"euh fist/, n.
1. a person who believes in pacifism or is opposed to war or to violence of any kind.
2. a person whose personal belief in pacifism causes him or her to refuse being drafted into military service. Cf. conscientious objector.
adj.
3. pacifistic.
[1905-10; < F pacifiste. See PACIFIC, -IST]

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