unifier

American

[yoo-nuh-fahy-er] / ˈyu nəˌfaɪ ər /

noun

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

Example Sentences

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He said he’s running as a pragmatist and unifier.

From Los Angeles Times

There she suggests, with a completely straight face, that he add the word “unifier” to “peacemaker” in his description of what he hopes to be his legacy, a term he then uses in his speech the next day.

From Los Angeles Times

She backed the speakership candidacy of Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries saying he is “respected by the members” and is “a unifier.”

From Salon

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

From Barron's

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

From Los Angeles Times

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