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redliner

noun

Etymology

From redline + -er.

  1. derived from linea
  2. derived from ligne
  3. derived from *līno-✻
  4. inherited from *līną✻
  5. inherited from *līnǭ✻
  6. inherited from *līnā✻
  7. inherited from līne
  8. inherited from line
  9. compounded as redline — “red + line”
  10. suffixed as redliner — “redline + er”

Definitions

  1. One who redlines.

    • This would force insurance companies to maintain their policies for fear of being exposed as redliners. An agent could hardly write on a nonrenewal notice: "Nonrenewal due to undesirable neighborhood you live in."

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA