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diehard
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun diehard has 1 sense
- diehard(n = noun.person) traditionalist - one who adheres to traditional views; Array is a kind of conservative, conservativist
has particulars: rip van winkle
Derived form verb die hard1
THESAURUS
diehard
Bircher, Bourbon, Tory, ass, bigot, bitter-ender, brawler, bullethead, conservationist, conservatist, conservative, defendant, disputant, dissentient, dissident, dogmatist, donkey, extreme right-winger, fanatic, fogy, fundamentalist, hard hat, hardnose, imperialist, intransigeant, intransigent, irreconcilable, last-ditcher, laudator temporis acti, litigant, maverick, monarchist, mossback, mule, naysayer, negativist, noncooperator, objector, obstructionist, obstructive, old, old fogy, old school, opposer, oppositionist, perverse fool, pighead, plaintiff, positivist, protester, purist, quarreler, radical right, reactionarist, reactionary, reactionist, resister, right, right wing, right-winger, rightist, royalist, scrapper, social Darwinist, standpat, standpatter, stick-in-the-mud, stickler, ultraconservative, white, wrangler
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