stalwart
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wərt 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.
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Related forms
stal·wart·ly, adverb
stal·wart·ness, noun
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stalwart (ˈstɔːlwət) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | strong and sturdy; robust |
| 2. | solid, dependable, and courageous: stalwart citizens |
| 3. | resolute and firm |
| —n | |
| 4. | a stalwart person, esp a supporter |
| [Old English stǣlwirthe serviceable, from stǣl, shortened from stathol support + wierthe | |
| 'stalwartly | |
| —adv | |
| 'stalwartness | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
stalwart
late 14c., 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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Example sentences
But on weeknights, nothing at this neighborhood stalwart shines too brightly.
He has also been a stalwart supporter for a more cost-effective and accountable government.
Indeed, stalwart recreational fishermen still prefer crabbing the old-fashioned way, with a dip net.
The stalwart troupe offers a program meant to educate and entertain.
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