temporizer : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: temporizer	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for temporizer
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
temporizer n someone who temporizes; someone who tries to gain time or who waits for a favorable time Synonym(s): temporizer, temporiser
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. A sort of temporizers, ready to embrace and maintain all that is, or shall be, proposed, in hope of preferment. --Burton.