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Definition of Timeserver
1. Noun. One who conforms to current ways and opinions for personal advantage.
Definition of Timeserver
1. n. One who adapts his opinions and manners to the times; one who obsequiously compiles with the ruling power; -- now used only in a bad sense.
Definition of Timeserver
1. Noun. A person who conforms to current opinions, especially for reasons of personal advantage; an opportunist. ¹
2. Noun. (computing) A device, node or program that distributes the correct time to clients in a network. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Timeserver
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Timeserver
Literary usage of Timeserver
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Essence and the Ethics of Politics: Individual Messages to the Public by Silas Arthur Cook (1915)
"I. THE PASSING OF THE timeserver AND THE NEW APPRECIATION OF MORAL VALUES The
day of the timeserver is not now. The demand of the hour is for an anchorage ..."
2. Worcester by Isaac Gregory Smith, Phipps Onslow (1883)
"Wulfstan was no timeserver. A timeserver is one, who betrays his principles for
selfish ends. A true patriot strives only for what he believes to be the ..."
3. The Dialect of Leeds and Its Neighbourhood: Illustrated by Conversations and by C. Clough Robinson (1862)
"Nut less 'an five hunderd thousand o' the mem'rable number o' the timeserver hed
bin told off across the tables; bud just at this ..."
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