time-waiter
time-waiter · time-waiters
A person who anticipates a favorable moment or turn of eventsA person who anticipates a favorable moment or turn of events; an opportunist.
Meaning
1 senses(countable, obsolete, uncountable)A person who anticipates a favorable moment or turn of events; an opportunist.
Forms
plural: time-waiters| Singular | time-waiter |
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regular
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.