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old identity

British  

noun

  1. a person known for a long time in the one locality

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Did that mean you were going to work with your old identity?

From Slate Jun. 2, 2023

By the time of the Perth and Kinross by-election, Scotland was rediscovering an old identity.

From BBC Mar. 25, 2023

And reversing that course and rediscovering some of their old identity may be as important as anything else for the Seahawks on Thursday.

From Seattle Times Dec. 14, 2022

Watering the plant, as small an act as it was, connected me to a core part of my old identity and taught me I could still be a caregiver.

From Washington Post Sep. 11, 2022

It was annoying that he had hit upon an old identity and I shook my head, seeing him purse his lips and eye me sharply.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison

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