English Explanatory Dictionary

old-line

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Reactionary or conservative.
  2. Long-established.

Word forms

old-line more old-line most old-line

Etymology

From old + line (“stated positions of a political or religious group”). Attested from the 19th century, originally in the United States.

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