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Definition of 'timeserver'English
Alternative forms
* time-server
Noun
( en-noun)
(obsolete) Someone who honours their commitments only when it is personally easy to do so.
A person who conforms to current opinions, especially for reasons of personal advantage; an opportunist.
* 1971 , , Religion and the Decline of Magic , Folio Society 2012, p. 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.
(computing) A device, node or program that distributes the correct time to clients in a network.
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