party man
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6.1
- noun
- /ˈpɑrti mæn/
:
partidario
- You're a party man!
Examples
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He proudly identified as a party man, advocating for his party's beliefs at every opportunity.
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Please, Herbie, I've always been a good party man.
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- Well, Rook is a party man.
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Hey Orlando, pool party man.
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Boys, I don't know much about politics... but I do know a good party man when I see one.
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Party Man #1
Fiction book (2002) -
The young Oglethorpe gave eloquent yet honest speeches and maintained high Tory principles without becoming pigeonholed as a "party man."
Academic text (2007) -
As a dedicated party man, he always supported the leadership during elections.
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Everyone in the room knew he was a party man, always defending the party's policies.
Synonyms
A person who always supports their political party's official views without question
Antonyms
How Loyal
Surface Forms
Morphology
The basic meaning — a man who belongs to a political party — is directly and transparently derivable from 'party' + 'man', so learners who know the constituents will grasp the referent. However, the additional connotation of a loyal, party-line supporter (rather than merely a male member) is evaluative and not fully predictable from the words alone, so the expression is only partially transparent.
Etymology
Party man likely comes from the simple image of a man who always stands with his party's flag or at its meetings, where party means the political group and man shows he belongs to it. That's why it means 'a loyal supporter' who follows the party's choices.