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Definition of Timepleaser
1. n. One who complies with prevailing opinions, whatever they may be; a timeserver.
Definition of Timepleaser
1. Noun. (obsolete) A timeserver, slavish follower of contemporary fashions ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Timepleaser
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Timepleaser
Literary usage of Timepleaser
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Gull's Hornbook: Stultorum Plena Sunt Omnia by Thomas Dekker, John Nott (1812)
"By the way, clocks and watches were not very general, till full twenty years
after Decker wrote this tract. s* a timepleaser. ..."
2. A complete dictionary of the English languageby Thomas Sheridan by Thomas Sheridan (1797)
"One who complies with prevailing notions whatever-they be. timepleaser, u'me-plez-ar.
f. One who complies with prevailing opinions whatever they are. ..."
3. The London Encyclopaedia, Or, Universal Dictionary of Science, Art by Thomas Tegg (1829)
"... base compliance with present interest: timeserver, he who so complies:
timepleaser, one who complies with the passing times. TIM'OLS, adj. ..."
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