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APPEASER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does appeaser mean?
• APPEASER (noun)
The noun APPEASER has 1 sense:
1. someone who tries to bring peace by acceding to demands
Familiarity information: APPEASER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone who tries to bring peace by acceding to demands
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Context example:
An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile--hoping it will eat him last
Hypernyms ("appeaser" is a kind of...):
conciliator; make-peace; pacifier; peacemaker; reconciler (someone who tries to bring peace)
Derivation:
appease (make peace with)
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