temporizer Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun someone who temporizes; someone who tries to gain time or who waits for a favorable time
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WordNet
Tem"po*ri`zer noun
Definitions
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.