card-carrying Communist

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• card-carrying — card′ car rying adj. 1) gov admittedly belonging to a group or party: a card carrying Communist[/ex] 2) cvb identified with or dedicated to an ideal, profession, or interest: a card carrying humanist[/ex] • Etymology: 1945–50 …   From formal English to slang

• card-carrying — /kahrd kar ee ing/, adj. 1. admittedly belonging to a group or party: a card carrying Communist. 2. Often Facetious. dedicated to an ideal, profession, or interest: a card carrying humanist. [1945 50] * * * …   Universalium

• card-carrying — card ,carrying adjective belonging to an organization, especially a political organization, and supporting it very strongly: a card carrying member of the Communist Party …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• card-carrying — adjective Etymology: from the assumption that such a person carries an identification card Date: 1948 1. being a full fledged member of an organization (as a Communist party) 2. a. strongly identified with a group (as of people with a common… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• card-carrying — ¦ ̷ ̷ ˌ ̷ ̷  ̷ ̷  ̷ ̷ adjective Etymology: so called from the assumption that such a member carries a membership card 1. : being a full fledged member especially of a Communist party 2. a. : being strongly identified with a group (as of people… …   Useful english dictionary

• card-car|ry|ing — «KAHRD KAR ee ihng», adjective. 1. holding a card which signifies membership in an organization, or which entitles the holder to certain privileges: »the millions of workers who are just card carrying members and who take no interest in union… …   Useful english dictionary

• communist — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. communalist, leftist, Red, fellow traveler, [parlor] pink. See change. II (Roget s IV) n. [ Often capital C ] Syn. card carrying communist, Party member, comrade, fellow traveler, member of the… …   English dictionary for students

• card — {{11}}card (n.) c.1400, from M.Fr. carte (14c.), from L. charta leaf of paper, tablet, from Gk. khartes layer of papyrus, probably from Egyptian. Form influenced after 14c. by It. carta (see CHART (Cf. chart)). Sense of playing cards is oldest in …   Etymology dictionary

• Draft-card burning — Young men burn their draft cards in New York City on April 15, 1967, at Sheep Meadow, Central Park Draft card burning was a symbol of protest performed by thousands of young American men as part of the opposition to the involvement of the United… …   Wikipedia

• Hong Kong Identity Card — Hong Kong Permanent Identity card front of HK permanent ID card Traditional Chinese 香港永久性居民身份證 …   Wikipedia

• Fellow traveler — or fellow traveller is a term referring to a person who sympathizes with the beliefs of an organization or cooperates in its activities without maintaining formal membership in that particular group. In the early Soviet Union the approximate term …   Wikipedia