Definitionen
1.NounA person with old-fashioned views; hence, one who is very conservative or reactionary; a mossback.
2.NounSynonym of mossback (“a person who stayed hidden to evade conscription (especially by the Confederate States Army) during the American Civil War (1861–1865)”).
3.NounSenses relating to animals.
A fish that is large and old, especially one that has algae growing on its back; a mossback.
The menhaden, mossbanker, or mossbunker, a marine fish of the genus Brevoortia or Ethmidium.
4.NounA fish that is large and old, especially one that has algae growing on its back; a mossback.
5.NounThe menhaden, mossbanker, or mossbunker, a marine fish of the genus Brevoortia or Ethmidium.