redliner

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

redline +‎ -er

Noun[edit]

redliner (plural redliners)

  1. One who redlines.
    • 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:
      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."