card-carrying

adjective

card-car·ry·ing | \ ˈkärd-ˌker-ē-iŋ

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, -ˌka-rē-iŋ\

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. Neuhaus

b : being such emphatically or unmistakably a card-carrying hippie

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The first known use of card-carrying was in 1948

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card-carrying

adjective

English Language Learners Definition of card-carrying

: known as an active member of a group or organization

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