yes-mann.
/ˈjɛsman/, U.S. /ˈjɛsˌmæn/ colloquial (originally U.S.). Usually depreciative.
A person, esp. a man, who habitually agrees with or assents to the proposals of a superior; an obsequious subordinate.
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1874 True Latter Day Saints' Herald 15 Sept. 552/1 While invariably we despise the crafty yes-man; the simple yes-man we look upon with pity; the courageless yes-man as the mere shadow of a huge nothing.
1912 Lima (Ohio) Daily News 22 June 6/1 Don't be a ‘yes’ man. Strive to figure an even better way to do tomorrow whatever your employers give you to do.
1924 H. C. Witwer in Cosmopolitan Apr. 69/2 I thoroughly enjoy..the yes-men who hang about the executives and hold their jobs by simply being constantly affirmative.
1954 D. Unwin Governor's Wife v. 119 Your administration..favours the boot-lickers, the sycophants, the yes-men who do as they're told and don't make trouble.
1973 Times 31 Jan. 14/3 This is not a demand for ‘yes men’ but for common standards.
1988 Admin. Managem. Apr. 11/2 In front of you he or she's a yes-man, a slavering sycophant dishing out gallons of soft soap.
2013 Teens Sept. 13/2 If you've always been a yes-man, now is a good time to change that habit.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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