diehard

4 definitions found

diehard - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  diehard \die"hard`\ (d[imac]"h[aum]rd`), n.
     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 one who stubbornly adheres to traditional and outdated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]

  diehard \die"hard`\ (d[imac]"h[aum]rd`), a.
     stubbornly and vigorously resisting in the face of seemingly
     hopeless odds; as, diehard opposition.
  
     Syn: never-say-die. [PJC]

diehard - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  diehard
      n 1: one who adheres to traditional views [syn:
           traditionalist, diehard]

diehard - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  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