time-server

English

Noun

time-server (plural time-servers)

1. Alternative form of timeserver
   • 1962 November, “Talking of Trains: The one-day strike”, in Modern Railways, page 291:

     Many railway officers complain that the deep interest of the old-school railwaymen in their job is dying; the B.T.C.'s new approach seems calculated to hasten its death and breed thousands more time-servers.

References

• “time-server”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.