old-line
Rooted in tradition
Old-line describes something established, traditional, or long-standing within an institution or social group.
An old-line Republican adheres to traditional party principles.
Old-line families have held wealth or status for generations.
The term often implies conservatism and resistance to change: The old-line faculty opposed curriculum reforms.
Person of noble birth
- patricianHighborn Roman elite
- eliteSuperior select group
- gentryHighborn but not noble
- upper-crustSocial elite class
aristocracy · pedigreed · wellborn · nobility · dynastic · landed · privileged · distinguished
Respected due to age
- long-standingExisting for ages
- establishedFormally set up
- respectedHeld in high regard
- reveredDeeply respected, admired
esteemed · dignified · august · historic · enduring · institutional · legendary · storied
GOP party member
- right-wingPolitically conservative faction
- traditionalistAdherent to established customs
- orthodoxConforming to established belief
- staunchFirmly loyal, unyielding
diehard · reactionary · conventional · hawkish · Tory · establishment · hidebound · unreconstructed
Family line of descent
- bloodlineAncestry through generations
- pedigreeRecord of descent
- genealogyStudy of family descent
- descentDownward slope or lineage
forebears · progenitors · roots · origins · legacy · inheritance · birthright · dynasty
blueblood
Person of noble birth
upper-crust · aristocracy · pedigreed · wellborn · nobility · dynastic · landed · privileged · distinguished · prominent
time-honored
Respected due to age
- long-standingExisting for ages
- establishedFormally set up
- respectedHeld in high regard
revered · esteemed · dignified · august · historic · enduring · institutional · legendary · storied · hallowed
Republican
GOP party member
- right-wingPolitically conservative faction
- traditionalistAdherent to established customs
- orthodoxConforming to established belief
staunch · diehard · reactionary · conventional · hawkish · Tory · establishment · hidebound · unreconstructed · stalwart
ancestry
Family line of descent
descent · forebears · progenitors · roots · origins · legacy · inheritance · birthright · dynasty · ancestral
old-lineprogressive
Favoring reform and innovation
innovative · modern · forward-thinking · reformist · modernizing
old-linenew
Recently created or begun
recent · contemporary · modern · emergent · nascent
old-lineprogressive
Favoring reform and innovation
reformist · liberal · revisionist · modernizing · heterodox
old, line, lines, elder, lined, outline, older, elderly, lining