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unifier

American  
[yoo-nuh-fahy-er] / ˈju nəˌfaɪ ər /

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.


Etymology

Origin of unifier

unify + -er 1 ( def. )


Example Sentences

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She was an American original, a Renaissance woman, and—thanks to her genuine warmth and positivity—a cross-cultural unifier of humanity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026

In death, just as in life, Dolly Parton was a rare unifier in a highly polarized America.

From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2025

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.

From Salon ● Feb. 2, 2025

If I preached unity, I must act like a unifier, even at the risk of perhaps alienating some of my own colleagues.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

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