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–adjective

1.	strongly and stoutly built; sturdy and robust.

2.	strong and brave; valiant: a stalwart knight.

3.	firm, steadfast, or uncompromising: a stalwart supporter of the U.N.

–noun

4.	a physically stalwart person.

5.	a steadfast or uncompromising partisan: They counted on the party stalwarts for support in the off-year campaigns.

[Origin: 1325–75; ME (Scots), var. of stalward, earlier stalwurthe; see stalworth

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—Related forms

stal·wart·ly, adverb

stal·wart·ness, noun

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–noun

a conservative Republican in the 1870s and 1880s, esp. one opposed to civil service and other reforms during the administrations of presidents Rutherford B. Hayes and James A. Garfield.

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stal·wart Audio Help (stôl'wərt) Pronunciation Key
adj.

Having or marked by imposing physical strength.
Firm and resolute; stout.

One who is physically and morally strong.
One who steadfastly supports an organization or cause: party stalwarts.

[Middle English, alteration of stalworth, from Old English stǣlwierthe, serviceable, probably alteration of *statholwierthe, steadfast : stathol, foundation; see staddle + weorth, valuable; see wer-² in Indo-European roots.]

stal'wart·ly adv., stal'wart·ness n.

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stalwart

1375, Scottish variant of O.E. stælwierðe "good, serviceable," probably a contracted compound of staðol "foundation, support" (from P.Gmc. *stathlaz) + wierðe "good, excellent, worthy" (see worth). Another theory traces the first element of stælwierðe to O.E. stæl "place," from P.Gmc. *stælaz. In U.S. political history, applied 1877 by Blaine to Republicans who refused to give up their hostility to and distrust of the South.

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stalwart
adjective
1.	having rugged physical strength; inured to fatigue or hardships; "hardy explorers of northern Canada"; "proud of her tall stalwart son"; "stout seamen"; "sturdy young athletes" [syn: hardy]
2.	dependable; "the stalwart citizens at Lexington"; "a stalwart supporter of the UN"; "stout hearts"
3.	used especially of persons; "a stalwart knight"; "a stouthearted fellow who had an active career in the army"
noun
1.	a person who is loyal to their allegiance (especially in times of revolt) [syn: loyalist]

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Stalwart, MI Zip code(s): 49789

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Stalwart

Stal"wart\, Stalworth \Stal"worth\, a. [OE. stalworth, AS. st[ae]lwyr[eth] serviceable, probably originally, good at stealing, or worth stealing or taking, and afterwards extended to other causes of estimation. See Steal, v. t., Worth, a.] Brave; bold; strong; redoubted; daring; vehement; violent. "A stalwart tiller of the soil." --Prof. Wilson.

Fair man be was and wise, stalworth and bold. --R. of Brunne.

Note: Stalworth is now disused, or bur little used, stalwart having taken its place.

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