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yea-sayer

[yey-sey-er]

yea·say·er

[yey-sey-er]
noun
1.
a person with an optimistic and confident outlook.
2.
a person who habitually agrees with or is submissive to others.

Origin:
1915–20; yea + (nay)sayer
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