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temporizer

temporizer noun: a person who temporizes.

Noun

temporizer (plural temporizers)

  1. A person who temporizes
    • I pronounce thee a hovering temporizer, that Canst with thine eyes at once see good and evil, Inclining to them both.c. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Winters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...

Forms of temporizer

pluraltemporizers

Origin of temporizer

From temporize + -er.

Questions about temporizer

What does temporizer mean?
Temporizer means a person who temporizes.
What part of speech is temporizer?
Temporizer is a noun.
What is the plural of temporizer?
The plural of temporizer is temporizers.

Words near temporizer in the dictionary

  1. temporization
  2. temporizations
  3. temporize
  4. temporized
  5. temporizedst
  6. temporizer
  7. temporizers
  8. temporizes
  9. temporizest
  10. temporizeth
  11. temporizing

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