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English
Etymology
From temporize + -er.
Noun
temporizer (plural temporizers)
- A person who temporizes
c. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Winters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :I pronounce thee a hovering temporizer, that Canst with thine eyes at once see good and evil, Inclining to them both.