Meanings
nounthe stubborns pl (plural only)
- colloquialpluralplural onlystubbornness
He's been proven wrong twice and keeps writing those protest articles! That old man definitely has a case of the stubborns.
Origin
From stubborn + -s, as if the plural of a singular noun.
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APA
stubborns. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stubborns
MLA
“stubborns.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stubborns. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stubborns,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stubborns.
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