noun
1.
an irreconcilable opponent of change
party diehards who would make no concessions
Synonyms: bitter-ender, conservative, fundamentalist, old liner, praetorian, pullback, right, rightist, right wing, right-winger, standpat, standpatter, tory; compare reactionary
Related Word: mossback, old fogy, stick-in-the-mud; intransigent; true blue; right-center
Contrasted words: liberal, progressive, radical
2.
Synonyms: reactionary , Blimp, Bourbon, Colonel Blimp, reactionarist, reactionist, royalist, ultraconservative, white