Timeserver

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  • noun. One who conforms to the prevailing ways and opinions of one's time or condition for personal advantage; an opportunist.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. One who acts conformably to times and seasons: now generally applied to one who meanly and for selfish ends adapts his opinions and manners to the times; one who panders to the ruling power.
  • noun. Synonyms See definitions of temporizer and trimmer.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. One who adapts his opinions and manners to the times; one who obsequiously compiles with the ruling power; -- now used only in a bad sense.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A person who conforms to current opinions, especially for reasons of personal advantage; an opportunist.
  • noun. A device, node or program that distributes the correct time to clients in a network.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. one who conforms to current ways and opinions for personal advantage
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    "I suspect your label “Vichy policeman” is code for “timeserver”."
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