unifier

[yoo-nuh-fahy-er]

noun

1. a person or thing that brings others together; uniter.

   Soccer is proving to be a great unifier for refugees and their new communities.

   The book attempts to tell the story of how Genghis Khan rose from being a ragged slave to becoming the unifier of the Mongolian horse-archers and the greatest conqueror the world has ever seen.

Word History and Origins

Origin of unifier¹

unify + -er ¹ ( def. )

Example Sentences

Humphreys, a 62-year-old former cabinet member from Ireland's small Protestant minority, has claimed to be a unifier.

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Davis, however, inverted that paradigm to utilize the freeway as a unifier, she added.

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"My proudest legacy will be that of a peacemaker and unifier," he told his audience at home and far beyond.

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But, really, Albertsons is only notable as the chore-based unifier of this section of town.

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As a kid, the kitchen was always the gathering place in my family and I distinctly remember food serving as the great unifier for all of us.

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