redliner

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noun

One who redlines.

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Meanings

nounredliner (plural redliners)

plural redliners

  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."

    1978, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Citizens and Shareholders Rights and Remedies, Rights and Remedies of Insurance Policyholders, page 33

Origin

From redline + -er.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Linderer
Cite this entry
APA

redliner. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/redliner

MLA

“redliner.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/redliner. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “redliner,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/redliner.

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