"card-carrying" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} card-carrying (not comparable)
  1. Enrolled as a member of an organization, and having a card to prove it; loyal to that organization or the cause it supports. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-card-carrying-en-adj-au1ibF0M Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 42 4
  2. (by extension) Loyal and dedicated to some cause. Tags: broadly, not-comparable
    Sense id: en-card-carrying-en-adj--yP4yLtl
  3. Official. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-card-carrying-en-adj-nfXQAlff
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: cardholding

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