Answer: waltermitty

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Literature: What character's name has come to mean a timid daydreamer?

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One who has grandiose daydreams but a humdrum actual life

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Thurber's affable daydreamer

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He had a secret life
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Intrepid daydreamer.
WALTERMITTYThurber's secret surgeon
WALTERMITTYDaydreamer
WALTERMITTYDaydreaming type