mainliner
nounEtymology From mainline + -er.
1
A member of the mainstream.
- […] discusses those who belong to the discipline's dominant cults, the mainliners, and their relations with the marginals and mavericks.1990, Elizabeth B. Lee, Sociology For People: A Caring Profession, page 110:
- Mainliners view sociology as a profession or occupation, and marginals are antisociologists and unsociologists.2017, Shulamit Reinharz, On Becoming a Social Scientist:
2
Someone who mainlines (injects drugs directly into their veins).
3
A prisoner held within the general population of a prison.