PLEASER Definition & Meaning

pleaser

[ plee-zer ]

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noun

a person or thing that is pleasing or appealing, often to a specified group:
This book is a pleaser for readers who like their sci-fi livened up with emotional complexity.
a person whose general habit or chief aim is to please or satisfy others:
You are a mom pleaser; you’ll say or do anything to make her happy.
A leader must be sensitive to the opinions of every section of their constituency, but without being a people pleaser.

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of pleaser¹

please ( def ) + -er ¹( def )

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Footage circulated on social media shows the strippers banging their high-heeled platform pleaser shoes together over their heads, to show their appreciation at the end of the screenings.

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At least director James Griffiths’ “The Ballad of Wallis Island,” a major crowd pleaser, will be in theaters by the end of the next month.

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"As an actress for so many years, decades of being an actress where you are a people pleaser, it's ingrained in me. I didn't realize it too, I thought I was over that."

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The same is true of “Hacks,” which has an incredible season, the always sharp “Abbott Elementary,” and crowd pleasers “Nobody Wants This” and four-time nominee “Only Murders in the Building.”

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It’s a little odd to hear the musician describe himself as a people pleaser.

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