Die-hard Definition

dīhärd
diehard, diehards
adjective
Stubbornly resistant to change or unwaveringly loyal even in spite of inevitable defeat, failure, etc.
A die-hard conservative, a die-hard fan of the losers.
Webster's New World

Complete; having no opposite opinion of anything in a particular topic of one's values; thorough of in one's beliefs.

For a Roman Catholic teacher, he sure is a diehard fundamentalist.
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Alternative spelling of diehard.
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noun
One who stubbornly resists change or tenaciously adheres to a seemingly hopeless or outdated cause.
Rebel die-hards who refused to surrender.
American Heritage
A person who displays such resistance or loyalty.
Webster's New World
verb

(of a custom, idea etc) To be slow in changing or disappearing.

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Origin of Die-hard

  • From the idiom "to die hard".

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