(informal) A person with old-fashioned views; hence, one who is very conservative or reactionary; a mossback.
(informal) A person with old-fashioned views; hence, one who is very conservative or reactionary; a mossback.
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(informal, historical) A person who stayed hidden to evade conscription (especially by the Confederate States Army) during the American Civil War (1861–1865); a mossyback.
Reactionary or conservative.
A person who favors maintenance of the status quo.
(figurative) Inflexible, old-fashioned.
(UK) The state of being an ‘old buffer’, or a conservative, somewhat foolish old man.