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Webster 1913 Edition


Temporizer

Tem′po-riˊzer

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Noun.
One who temporizes; one who yields to the time, or complies with the prevailing opinions, fashions, or occasions; a trimmer.
A sort of
temporizers
, ready to embrace and maintain all that is, or shall be, proposed, in hope of preferment.
Burton.

Webster 1828 Edition


Temporizer

TEM'PORIZER

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Noun.
One who yields to the time, or complies with the prevailing opinions, fashions or occasions; a trimmer.

Definition 2024


temporizer

temporizer

English

Noun

temporizer (plural temporizers)

  1. A person who temporizes