makepeace noun2 •(rare) A peacemaker; one who reconciles persons at variance with one another; a composer of strife; an adjuster of differences.To be a make-peace shall become my age / Throw down, my son, the Duke of Norfolk's gage. — 1595 •(no longer used) A stick, rod or bundle of twigs made from birch wood, used for corporal punishment. formsmakepeaces