Hypertext Webster Gateway: "optimist"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Optimist \Op"ti*mist\, n. [Cf. F. optimiste.]
1. (Metaph.) One who holds the opinion that all events are
ordered for the best.
2. One who looks on the bright side of things, or takes
hopeful views; -- opposed to {pessimist}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
optimist
n : a person disposed to take a favorable view of things [ant: {pessimist}]
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