Gulliver

/ˈɡʌlɪvər/ noun

A person who is gullible and easily fooled or tricked; from the famous literary character Gulliver who had many adventures.

From Jonathan Swift's 1726 novel 'Gulliver's Travels,' the main character Lemuel Gulliver gets into fantastical situations partly through naivety. The name became used generically for anyone gullible.

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