TEMPORIZER

temporizer, temporiser

(noun) someone who temporizes; someone who tries to gain time or who waits for a favorable time

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

temporizer (plural temporizers)

A person who temporizes

I pronounce thee a hovering temporizer, that Canst with thine eyes at once see good and evil, Inclining to them both.

Source: Wiktionary

Tem"po*ri`zer, n.

Definition: One who temporizes; one who yields to the time, or complies with the prevailing opinions, fashions, or occasions; a trimmer. A sort of temporizers, ready to embrace and maintain all that is, or shall be, proposed, in hope of preferment. Burton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition