Definition of Appeaser

1. Noun. Someone who tries to bring peace by acceding to demands. "An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile--hoping it will eat him last"

Generic synonyms: Conciliator, Make-peace, Pacifier, Peacemaker, Reconciler
Derivative terms: Appease

Definition of Appeaser

1. n. One who appeases; a pacifier.

Definition of Appeaser

1. Noun. A person who appeases. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Appeaser

1. one that appeases [n -S] - See also: appeases

Lexicographical Neighbors of Appeaser

appeare
appeared
appearer
appearers
appeareth
appearing
appearingly
appears
appeasable
appeasableness
appeasatory
appease
appeased
appeaser (current term)
appeasers
appeases
appeaseth
appeasing
appeasing(a)
appeasingly
appeasive
appel
appellable
appellancy
appellant
appellants
appellate
appellate court

Literary usage of Appeaser

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda by Arthur Berriedale Keith (1920)
"... on the bare earth (saying) ' On the navel of earth I set thee, in the lap of Aditi'; the earth is the appeaser of foods; verily thus he appeases it. ..."

2. Hours of Christian Devotion by August Tholuck (1875)
"But if earthly affliction of every sort makes us long for " an appeaser of all strife," ... Would they ever have thought at all of an appeaser of discord, ..."

3. Atharva-veda Saṁhitā by William Dwight Whitney, Charles Rockwell Lanman (1905)
"... both for one's own man and for a stranger; and this is called a fury-removing fury-appeaser of fury. The translation implies the emendation of ..."

4. Proceedings [of The] Convention by International Fur and Leather Workers Union of the United States and Canada (1904)
"... "THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED: That this Convention goes on record urging the immediate investigation by our government of the appeaser press such as the ..."

5. The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1899)
"... the appeaser of husbands, too clearly indicates on which side sub mission and repentance were always expected. Every act of a citizen was subject to the ..."

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