Crossword-Solution: MOSSBACK 8 letters, 17 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 18

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Word Word Type Definition
Mossback n. A veteran partisan; one who is so conservative in opinion
that he may be likened to a stone or old tree covered with moss.

We have 17 clues for the answer “MOSSBACK”

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old turtle, shellfish, etc, that has a growth of algae on its back 1 answer
Reactionary, informally 1 answer
Extreme conservative: Colloq. 1 answer
Any arch conservative. 1 answer
Behind-the-times politico. 1 answer
Extreme conservative 3 answers
fogram 12 answers
Old fogy 18 answers
Dodo 25 answers
Time-worn 29 answers
Hoary 30 answers
antediluvian 33 answers
Noachian 40 answers
Fogy 42 answers
Reactionary 48 answers
Rustic 57 answers
Square 80 answers
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
ETREA
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with MOSSBACK (5)

Still, comments such as the "Han Solo" wisecrack at the 1999 LinuxWorld have only reinforced the Stallman's reputation in the software industry as a disgrunted mossback unwilling to roll with political or marketing trends.
Free as in Freedom: Richard Stallman's Crusade for Free Software Sam Williams 2004
And I record the fact that I wanted to go home with Sallie and Cousin Martha and the babies and--and live under the roof of the Mossback forever.
The Tinder-Box Maria Thompson Daviess 2005
But, just as suddenly, a vision came into my mind of the long table across the road at Widegables, with the Mossback seated at one end with only two or three of his charges stretched along the empty sides to keep him company.
The Tinder-Box Maria Thompson Daviess 2005
Think of the old Mossback being a progressive thing like that! I laughed out loud at the idea--but the echo was dismal.
The Tinder-Box Maria Thompson Daviess 2005
And then suddenly it came over me in a great warm, uplifting, awe-inspiring rush that a woman who takes on herself voluntarily the responsibility of marrying a poet and an orator and a mystic, who is the complete edition of a Mossback that all those qualities imply, must square her shoulders for a long, steady, pioneer march through a strange country.
The Tinder-Box Maria Thompson Daviess 2005
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Appears in: CrosSynergy, LAT, NYT.

Used 7 times in crossword archives (1951–2004).