Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who or that which appeases or pacifies.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who appeases; a pacifier.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A person who
appeases .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun someone who tries to bring peace by acceding to demands
Etymologies
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Examples
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An appeaser is someone who lets their enemy take advantage of them.
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Winston Churchill once said "an appeaser is one who feeds the aligator, hoping he will eat him last."
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BRIANNA KEILAR, CNN ANCHOR: Who are you calling appeaser?
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For this he has been viciously attacked and referred to as an "appeaser."
Shawn Amoei: Silencing the Moderate Middle Shawn Amoei 2011
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Does Obamam identify with the label appeaser or something? anymouse
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And I can't wait to hear the first time they call President Obama an "appeaser", and lecture forth on why he doesn't understand "evil".
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And I can't wait to hear the first time they call President Obama an "appeaser", and lecture forth on why he doesn't understand "evil".
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Please look up the meaning of "appeaser" and while you're at it, read up on Neville Chamberlain so the next time you post something you don't show how little you know.
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Meeting with or without preconditions is still a far cry from being an 'appeaser'.
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A funny thing happened these past few days, though: Now McCain seems more of an "appeaser" than Obama, who has declared -- wrongly, I believe -- that he won't negotiate with Hamas.
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