Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who complies with the prevailing opinions of the time, whatever they may be.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun One who complies with prevailing opinions, whatever they may be; a timeserver.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun obsolete A timeserver, slavish follower of contemporary fashions

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

time + to please + -er

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