old line state

1. 1.

   a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies

   SynonymsMarylandFree StateMDMd.

   BroaderAmerican state

   Part ofUnited StatesMid-Atlantic statesSouth

   PartsAberdeenAnnapolisBaltimoreFort MeadeFrederickHagerstown

Questions about old line state

What does old line state mean?

old line state means "a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies".

What is another word for old line state?

Close synonyms include Maryland, Free State, MD, Md.. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is old line state a common word?

old line state is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.