card-carrying

[ kahrd-kar-ee-ing ]

adjective

1. admittedly belonging to a group or party:

   a card-carrying Communist.

2. Often Facetious. dedicated to an ideal, profession, or interest:

   a card-carrying humanist.

card-carrying

adjective

1. being an official member of a specified organization

   a card-carrying Communist

   a card-carrying union member

Word History and Origins

Origin of card-carrying¹

First recorded in 1945–50

Example Sentences

But for all his talk, it is clear that Trump is no card-carrying member of the American Civil Liberties Union.

From Salon

Noah Lyles, men’s 100 and 200 meters — Never camera shy, the Yu-Gi-Oh! card-carrying Lyles is the defending world champion in the men’s 100 and 200 meters.

From Los Angeles Times

Viola was born in Queens, N.Y., on Jan. 25, 1951, making him a card-carrying member of the first generation in global history to grow up bathed in the queer blue light of TV.

From Los Angeles Times

“If you were a card-carrying member of the avant-garde or some kind of modernist society of the early 20th century, that wasn’t going to help you much,” Miles Osgood, a Stanford lecturer who has deeply researched the Olympic arts competitions, said.

From New York Times

Before then, the 79-year-old said, she was “a card-carrying knee-jerk progressive.”

From Seattle Times

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