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stand⋅pat

  [stand-pat]
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–noun
1. standpatter.
–adjective
2. characterized by refusing to consider or accept change.
Origin:
1900–05; n., adj. use of v. phrase stand pat
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stand·pat   (stānd'pāt')   
adj.  Opposed or resistant to change; stubbornly conservative.
stand'pat'ter n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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