old-line
Reactionary or conservative.
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#1·Apr 27, 2026
Reactionary or conservative.
Origin: From . Attested from the 19th century, originally in the United States. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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#2·Apr 27, 2026
Long-established.
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