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Timeserver

noun
1.
One who conforms to current ways and opinions for personal advantage.





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"Timeserver" Quotes from Famous Books



... decided—not in favor of the flogging, and the branding, and the glorious infamy. There, in spite of eloquence and fervor and devotion, in spite of all his past vows and his hopes, he had decided to take the place and part of a timeserver;—for he feared disgrace and pain, and the hissing and scoff and persecution, more than he feared the blasting anger ...
— Atlantic Monthly, Volume 6, Issue 35, September, 1860 • Various


Words linked to "Timeserver" :   opportunist, self-seeker


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