pac ‧ i ‧ fi ‧ er /ˈpæsəfaɪə, ˈpæsɪfaɪə $ -faɪər/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
[ Word Family: noun : ↑ peace , ↑ peacefulness , ↑ pacifier , ↑ pacifism , ↑ pacifist ; adjective : ↑ peaceful , ↑ peaceable , ↑ pacifist ; adverb : ↑ peacefully , ↑ peaceably ; verb : ↑ pacify ]
1 . American English a rubber object that you give a baby to suck so that it does not cry SYN dummy British English
2 . something that makes people calm