"pleaser" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: pleasers [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English plesere, equivalent to please + -er. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|plesere}} Middle English plesere, {{suffix|en|please|er}} please + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} pleaser (plural pleasers)
  1. Someone or something which pleases. Derived forms: crowd-pleaser, people pleaser, time-pleaser

Inflected forms

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