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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | old-fashioned person |
| Synonyms: | conservative, fuddy-duddy, geezer, old fogy, old geezer, square* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | old-timer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | elderly person |
| Synonyms: | fossil, geezer, golden-ager, gramps, mossback, old dog, old hand, old soldier, senior, veteran, war-horse |
| Main Entry: | stick-in-the-mud |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | unadventurous person |
| Synonyms: | antediluvian, conservative, diehard, diehard, fossil, fuddy-duddy, mossback, obstinate person, old fogy, person set in ways, reactionary |
| Antonyms: | adventurer |
| Main Entry: | ultraconservative |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | reactionary |
| Synonyms: | Tory, bitter-ender, counterrevolutionary, die-hard, diehard, hard hat, intransigent, mossback, obscurantist, reactionist, right-winger, rightist, royalist, standpatter, traditionalist |
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