Definition of "standpat" [standpat]

• Opposed or resistant to change; stubbornly conservative. (adjective)

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• ""When a standpat Republican politician abandons a lifetime of party regularity at 70 to come out in hearty praise of a Democratic President," the paper noted, "it is time for connoisseurs of the unusual to stand by and take notes.""
• "His half-cocked smile and his standpat spurs really jingle my jangle."
• "By contrast, Bush's pitch is standpat: rely on business to create jobs; resist higher government spending."