pacificist

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We could have wished that he had been ready to "keep the bridge" in another sense; but at least he has been a silent Pacificist.

From Mr. Punch's History of the Great War by Graves, Charles L. (Charles Larcom)

Perhaps he over-estimated the strength of the German-American and Pacificist elements.

From Mr. Punch's History of the Great War by Graves, Charles L. (Charles Larcom)

To-day that Pacificist is heart and soul with his countrymen in their struggle; and, having lived to see England engaged in a righteous war, he has changed his motto from "Rub lightly" to "Mak sicker."

From Prime Ministers and Some Others A Book of Reminiscences by Russell, George William Erskine

He goes on to this— “‘It is in vain that the Pacificist rages at such staunch braggadocio.

From Boon, The Mind of the Race, The Wild Asses of the Devil, and The Last Trump; Being a First Selection from the Literary Remains of George Boon, Appropriate to the Times by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

Just as the band ceased and the rest of the audience subsided again to their morning papers, the Pacificist rose.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, September 16, 1914 by Seaman, Owen, Sir