pleaser

[ plee-zer ]

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.

Origin of pleaser

Shake Shack (already known for its Linfinite lines) has rolled out a new crowd-pleaser: the Jeremy Lin-Mint shake.
Jeremy Lin Means More Than Wins for the Knicks | Matthew DeLuca | February 17, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
But the little crowd pleaser is having surprising staying power in the race.
Golden Globe Nominations: The Winners and Losers | Richard Rushfield | December 15, 2011 | THE DAILY BEAST
Expect to hear about this crowd-pleaser again come Oscar time.
'The Descendants,' 'The Muppets,' and Other Thanksgiving Movies to See or Skip | Marlow Stern | November 24, 2011 | THE DAILY BEAST
Not only is it a crowd-pleaser, but leftovers are great for all sorts of things, from sandwiches to salads.
Fresh Picks | Padma Lakshmi | October 20, 2009 | THE DAILY BEAST
A flesh-pleaser thinks he is undone, when affliction depriveth him of his pleasure.
A Christian Directory (Volume 1 of 4) | Richard Baxter

I looked back with a feeling of relief to Weston, and my good Polly, who would scorn to be an eye-servant or men-pleaser.
The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 12, No. 72, October, 1863 | Various
The signs of a flesh-pleaser or sensualist are these (which may be gathered from what is said already): 1.
A Christian Directory (Volume 1 of 4) | Richard Baxter
Or are you a too-easy, too-facile man-pleaser and self-seeker, being all things to all men that you may make use of all men?
Bunyan Characters - Third Series | Alexander Whyte

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