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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. someone who temporizes; someone who tries to gain time or who waits for a favorable time;
[syn: temporizer, temporiser]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Temporizer \Tem"po*ri`zer\, n. One who temporizes; one who yields to the time, or complies with the prevailing opinions, fashions, or occasions; a trimmer. [1913 Webster] A sort of temporizers, ready to embrace and maintain all that is, or shall be, proposed, in hope of preferment. --Burton. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

temporizer n 1: someone who temporizes; someone who tries to gain time or who waits for a favorable time [syn: temporizer, temporiser]