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die-hard

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die-hard also die·hard (dhärd)
adj.
Stubbornly resisting change or clinging to a seemingly hopeless or outdated cause.
n.
One who stubbornly resists change or tenaciously adheres to a seemingly hopeless or outdated cause: rebel die-hards who refused to surrender.
die-hardism n.
die-hard or diehard
Noun
a person who resists change
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Adj.1.die-hard - tradition-bound and obstinately opinionated; "an inflexible (or die-hard) conservative"; "rock-ribbed republican"
rock-ribbed
inflexible - incapable of change; "a man of inflexible purpose"
die-hard or diehard
noun reactionary, fanatic, zealot, intransigent, stick-in-the-mud (informal) old fogey, ultraconservative
Translations
German die-hard [ˈdaɪhɑːd] die n → Ewiggestrige(r) f(m)
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