Definitions for yes-man

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

yes′-man`(n.)(pl.)-men.

  1. a person who always agrees with superiors, regardless of personal convictions; sycophant.

Origin of yes-man:

1910–15

Princeton's WordNet

  1. flunky, flunkey, stooge, yes-man(noun)

    a person of unquestioning obedience


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