[dahy-hahrd] 
| 1. | a person who vigorously maintains or defends a seemingly hopeless position, outdated attitude, lost cause, or the like. |
| 2. | resisting vigorously and stubbornly to the last; stubborn. |
| die-hard also die·hard (dī'härd') adj. Stubbornly resisting change or clinging to a seemingly hopeless or outdated cause. n. One who stubbornly resists change or tenaciously adheres to a seemingly hopeless or outdated cause: rebel die-hards who refused to surrender. die'-hard'ism n. |