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appeaser|əˈpiːzə(r)|
Also 6 -oure.
[a. AFr. apaisour (mod.Fr. appaiseur): see appease v. and -er.]
1. One who, or that which, appeases; a pacifier or satisfier.
1533More Apol. xii. Wks. 1557, 871/1 Thys appeasoure..dothe in all these thynges the contrarye. 1611Cotgr., Propitiateur..a reconciler, pacifier, appeaser. 1869Eng. Mech. 3 Sept. 522/3 Cold tea is certainly a thirst appeaser.
2. Politics. One who supports a policy of appeasement (see appease v. 2 c, appeasement 4).
1940Economist 12 Oct. 456/1 Obviously, the United States is not going to play the appeaser's game. 1940in Amer. Speech (1941) XVI. 145 Wouldn't it be better to make our own country impregnable..? People who say so are being called ‘fifth columnists’ and ‘appeasers’. |