Definition of card–carrying
1 : being a full-fledged member of an organization (such as a Communist party)
2a : strongly identified with a group (as of people with a common interest) card–carrying members of the ecology movement — R. J. Neuhausb : being such emphatically or unmistakably a card–carrying hippie
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Origin and Etymology of card–carrying
from the assumption that such a person carries an identification card
CARD–CARRYING Defined for English Language Learners
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Definition of card–carrying for English Language Learners
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: known as an active member of a group or organization
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