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English Dictionary: Optimist by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
optimist
n
  1. a person disposed to take a favorable view of things [ant: pessimist]
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}.
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