English

Adjective

card-carrying ‎(not comparable)

1. Enrolled as a member of an organization, and having a card to prove it; used especially to signify loyal dedication to that organization or the cause it supports.
2. (by extension) Loyal and dedicated to some cause.

Quotations

• 2004 Peter Mommsen - Homage to a Broken Man: The Life of J. Heinrich Arnold

  Except for the men in uniform, few in the hail were card-carrying Nazis. But they must have long shared a silent approval of Hitler's goals.

Derived terms

• card-carrying Communists

Synonyms

• cardholding