timeserver
English
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Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈtʌɪmˌsəːvə/
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Noun
timeserver (plural timeservers)
- (obsolete) Someone who honors their commitments only when it is personally easy to do so. [16th c.]
- A person who conforms to current opinions, especially for reasons of personal advantage; an opportunist. [from 16th c.]
- 1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society, published 2012, page 355:
- Another of Lilly's confidants was the time-server, John Gauden, who was distinctly anti-Laudian in outlook, but who nevertheless became Bishop of Worcester at the Restoration.
- Someone who performs a job for the required time only, making a minimum of effort. [from 19th c.]
- (computing) A device, node or program that transmits the correct time to clients in a network.
Hypernyms
- (computing): server
Translations
opportunist
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