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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"
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
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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