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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The most dedicated, unfailingly loyal faction of a group or organization.
  • noun An intractable core or nucleus of a society, especially one that is stubbornly resistant to improvement or change.

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  • noun the most dedicated and intensely loyal nucleus of a group or movement

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