1 a bird of the PIGEON family. The white dove is often used as a symbol of peace:
A dove cooed softly. * He wore a dove-grey suit.
seealsoTURTLEDOVE
2 a person, especially a politician, who prefers peace and discussion to war
compareHAWK
(AmE) past tense of DIVE
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