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standpatter

standpatter noun: one who is resistant to change.

Noun

standpatter (plural standpatters)

  1. One who is resistant to change.
    • Brownell, More and Babbitt—the names often formed a triad, and yet Brownell never held explicitly the general ideas worked out by More and Babbitt. The bond was sympathetic, but intellectually not clearly established. I once ventured to call Brownell a Victorian standpatter.1930, Gorham Munson, The Dilemma of the Liberated, page 62

Forms of standpatter

pluralstandpatters
alternative formstand-patter

Origin of standpatter

From stand pat + -er.

Questions about standpatter

What does standpatter mean?
Standpatter means one who is resistant to change.
What part of speech is standpatter?
Standpatter is a noun.
What is the plural of standpatter?
The plural of standpatter is standpatters.

Words near standpatter in the dictionary

  1. standouts
  2. standover
  3. standovers
  4. standpat
  5. standpatism
  6. standpatter
  7. standpatters
  8. standpattism
  9. standpipe
  10. standpipes
  11. standpoint

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