timeserver

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

English

[edit]

Alternative forms

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

From time +‎ server.

Pronunciation

[edit]
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈtʌɪmˌsəːvə/
  • Audio (UK):(file)

Noun

[edit]

timeserver (plural timeservers)

  1. (obsolete) Someone who honors their commitments only when it is personally easy to do so. [16th c.]
  2. A person who conforms to current opinions, especially for reasons of personal advantage; an opportunist. [from 16th c.]
    • 1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society, published 2012, page 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.
  3. Someone who performs a job for the required time only, making a minimum of effort. [from 19th c.]
  4. (computing) A device, node or program that transmits the correct time to clients in a network.

Hypernyms

[edit]

Translations

[edit]