old-line

[ ohld-lahyn ]

/ ˈoʊldˈlaɪn /

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adjective

following or supporting conservative or traditional ideas, beliefs, customs, etc.

long established; traditional: old-line society.

Nearby words

old-boyism, old-established, old-fashioned, old-field colt, old-girl network, old-line, old-line party, old-maidish, old-man cactus, old-man's-beard, old-man-and-woman

Origin of old-line

First recorded in 1855–60

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for old-line

The old-line Conservatives opened up to new ideas and new voters, yes.
Are Conservative Civil Wars a Good Idea?|David Frum|March 4, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The case is reduced to a rescue of two old-line industrial companies that bend metal in the Midwest.
The Stimulus and Health Care President Runs on ... Tires and Cars?|David Frum|October 23, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Old-line media firms such as newspapers, book companies and the major networks may find themselves overmatched.
President Obama Courts Silicon Valley’s New Digital Aristocracy|Joel Kotkin|February 15, 2012|DAILY BEAST
But all is not well at the old-line American Conservative Union, which throws the annual party.
The Right Invades Washington|Samuel P. Jacobs, Shushannah Walshe|February 8, 2011|DAILY BEAST

Jobs in the publishing world will shift away from old-line manufacturing and warehousing to technology, editorial, and creative.
Will the Book Survive?|David "Skip" Prichard|July 28, 2010|DAILY BEAST
The party passed over Colonel Roosevelt; the memory of 1912 was still too bitter to permit the old-line leaders to accept him.
Woodrow Wilson's Administration and Achievements|Frank B. Lord and James William Bryan
Governor Rector had been elected, in the autumn of 1860, by the Democrats and old-line Whigs.
The American Indian as Slaveholder and Seccessionist|Annie Heloise Abel
His cast of mind was essentially conservative, and down to 1856 he would no doubt have called himself an old-line Whig.
William Hickling Prescott|Harry Thurston Peck
In the first place, I would say he was not an old-line Whig.
The Papers And Writings Of Abraham Lincoln, Volume Four|Abraham Lincoln
And his opinion was that the old-line colleges tended to destroy individuality and smother initiative.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 11 (of 14)|Elbert Hubbard

British Dictionary definitions for old-line

old-line

adjective

US and Canadian conservative; old-fashioned

well-established; traditional

Derived Forms

old-liner, noun

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