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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A person regarded as being foolishly or blindly optimistic.

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  1. n. A female given name derived from Polly and Anna; rare in the real world.
  2. n. The eponymous protagonist in a book by Eleanor Porter.
  3. n. A person who is persistently cheerful and optimistic, even when given cause not to be so.
  4. n. A term used in southeastern Pennsylvania to refer to a Secret Santa gift exchange.
  5. n. A female given name derived from Polly and Anna; rare in the real world.
  6. n. The eponymous protagonist in a book by Eleanor Porter.
  7. n. A person who is persistently cheerful and optimistic, even when given cause not to be so.
  8. n. A term used in southeastern Pennsylvania to refer to a Secret Santa gift exchange.

Etymologies

  1. After the heroine of the novel Pollyanna, by Eleanor Hodgman Porter (1868-1920), American writer.

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