n. Function: noun
1 an irreconcilable opponent of change FF1C; party diehards who would make no concessions FF1E;
Synonyms: bitter-ender, conservative, fundamentalist, old liner, praetorian, pullback, right, rightist, right wing, right-winger, standpat, standpatter, tory; compare REACTIONARY
Related Words: mossback, old fogy, stick-in-the-mud; intransigent; true blue; right-center
Contrasted Words: liberal, progressive, radical
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Synonyms: REACTIONARY , Blimp, Bourbon, Colonel Blimp, reactionarist, reactionist, royalist, ultraconservative, white