mossback

An extremely conservative or old-fashioned person.

An old sluggish fish.

An old turtle with a growth of algae on its back.

A large and old fish, as a bass: so called by anglers, in allusion to the growth of seaweed, etc., which may be found on its back.

In United States politics, one attached to antiquated notions; an extreme conservative.

In the southern United States, during the civil war, one who hid himself to avoid conscription.

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

A turtle that, because of its age, has a growth of algae on its back.

A very conservative or reactionary person, especially one with old-fashioned views.