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DIEHARD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does diehard mean? 

DIEHARD (noun)
  The noun DIEHARD has 1 sense:

1. one who adheres to traditional viewsplay

  Familiarity information: DIEHARD used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DIEHARD (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

One who adheres to traditional views

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

diehard; traditionalist

Hypernyms ("diehard" is a kind of...):

conservative; conservativist (a person who is reluctant to accept changes and new ideas)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "diehard"):

Rip van Winkle (a person oblivious to social changes)

Derivation:

die hard (continue to exist)


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