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Mossback

This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

n. An old shellfish or turtle with a growth of algae on its back.

n. An old, large, or sluggish fish.

n. An extremely conservative or old-fashioned person.

n. A turtle that, because of its age, has a growth of algae on its back.

n. A very conservative or reactionary person, especially one with old-fashioned views.

n. A veteran partisan; one who is so conservative in opinion that he may be likened to a stone or old tree covered with moss.

n. A large and old fish, as a bass: so called by anglers, in allusion to the growth of seaweed, etc., which may be found on its back.

n. In United States politics, one attached to antiquated notions; an extreme conservative.

n. In the southern United States, during the civil war, one who hid himself to avoid conscription.

n. an extremely old-fashioned conservative

"The mossback is the man who has either misread the signs of the times, or who has not possessed the speed demanded in the two-minute class."

Words that are more generic or abstract

conservative conservativist

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