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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
diehard \die"hard'\ (d[imac]"h[aum]rd'), noun
1. one who stubbornly adheres to traditional and outdated views.
Syn: traditionalist. [WordNet 1.5]
2. one who vigorously defends an apparently hopeless position, a lost cause, etc. [PJC]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
diehard \die"hard'\ (d[imac]"h[aum]rd'), adjective stubbornly and vigorously resisting in the face of seemingly hopeless odds; as, diehard opposition.
Syn: never-say-die. [PJC]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
diehard
noun: one who adheres to traditional views [syn: {traditionalist}]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
die-hard
adjective: tradition-bound and obstinately opinionated; "an inflexible (or die-hard) conservative"; "rock-ribbed republican" [syn: {die-hard(a)}, {rock-ribbed}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
71 Moby Thesaurus words for "diehard": Bircher, Bourbon, Tory, ass, bigot, bitter-ender, brawler, bullethead, conservationist, conservatist, conservative, defendant, disputant, dissentient, dissident, dogmatist, donkey, extreme right-winger, fanatic, fogy, fundamentalist, hard hat, hardnose, imperialist, intransigeant, intransigent, irreconcilable, last-ditcher, laudator temporis acti, litigant, maverick, monarchist, mossback, mule, naysayer, negativist, noncooperator, objector, obstructionist, obstructive, old, old fogy, old school, opposer, oppositionist, perverse fool, pighead, plaintiff, positivist, protester, purist, quarreler, radical right, reactionarist, reactionary, reactionist, resister, right, right wing, right-winger, rightist, royalist, scrapper, social Darwinist, standpat, standpatter, stick-in-the-mud, stickler, ultraconservative, white, wrangler
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