compromiser

compromiser

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
English compromise
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āsjos
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -āriusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
English -er
English compromiser

    From compromise + -er.

    Noun

    compromiser (plural compromisers)

    1. One who compromises; especially, one who compromises readily
      • 2009 January 2, “Is Ken Salazar Too Nice?”, in New York Times‎[1]:
        The word on Ken Salazar, tapped by President-elect Barack Obama to run the Interior Department, is that he is friendly, approachable, a good listener, a genial compromiser and a skillful broker of deals.

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