standpat
Americannoun
adjective
Etymology
Origin of standpat
First recorded in 1900–05; noun, adj. use of verb phrase stand pat
Example Sentences
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By whatever name, they stand for change, and thus oppose the standpat Italians of the Roman Curia.
From Time Magazine Archive
Zacharias' M.I.T.-sponsored Physical Science Study Committee used a simple principle: it got top university scholars to reinterest themselves in high schools, after decades of leaving such tasks as textbook writing to standpat educationists.
From Time Magazine Archive
By the time she has finished turning over her unsavory material its odor is strong enough to make even a standpat Congressman hold his nose.
From Time Magazine Archive
President Meany, now 72, a crusty, authoritarian craft unionist, was dogmatically anti-Communist in foreign affairs and staunchly standpat about civil rights at home.
From Time Magazine Archive
Henry, you may remember, delivered the Roosevelt valedictory at the Chicago Republican convention in 1912, when he kidded the standpat crowd out of every Republican state in the union but two at the election.
From The Martial Adventures of Henry and Me by White, William Allen
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