Definition of "traditional"

traditional

/tɹəˈdɪʃənəl/

adjective
comparative more traditional, superlative most traditional
1. Of, relating to, or derived from tradition.
2. Communicated from ancestors to descendants by word only.
3. Observant of tradition; attached to old customs; old-fashioned.
4. In lieu of the name of the composer of a piece of music, whose real name is lost in the mists of time.
5. Relating to traditional Chinese.
noun
countable and uncountable, plural traditionals
1. A person with traditional beliefs.
2. (usually in the plural) Anything that is traditional, conventional, standard.
  Quotations
  Singer Paula Elliot closed the evening's performances with a number of gospel, jazz and blues tunes. Elliot concentrated mostly on traditionals like "Motherless Child," "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out," "God Bless the Child," and "Wild Women Don't Get the Blues."
  1984 April 21, Maida Tilchen, “New Song, New Feminism, New Gay Awareness”, in Gay Community News, page 16
3. (informal, uncountable) Short for traditional Chinese.
4. (informal, uncountable) Short for traditional art (“art produced with real physical media”).
5. (informal, uncountable, music) Short for traditional grip.