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stalwart

adj
/ˈstɔːl.wət/UK/ˈstɔl.wɚt/US/ˈstoːl.wət/

Etymology

Borrowed from Scots stalwart under the influence of Walter Scott, displacing earlier stalworth, wherewith it forms a doublet. From Middle English stal-worth (“physically strong, hardy, robust; brave, courageous”), from Old English stǣlwierþe (“able to stand in good stead, serviceable”), probably from staþol (“establishment; foundation”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (“to stand (up)”)) or stǣl (“place; condition, stead”) + -wierþe (“able to, capable of”) (probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wert- (“to rotate, turn”)).

  1. derived from *wert-✻ — “to rotate, turn”
  2. derived from *steh₂-✻ — “to stand (up)”
  3. derived from stǣlwierþe — “able to stand in good stead, serviceable”
  4. derived from stal-worth — “physically strong, hardy, robust; brave, courageous”
  5. borrowed from stalwart

Definitions

  1. Firmly or solidly built.

    • This true Man ſoon aſſembled him beforn: / Three Sons he had that ſtalwart were and bold, / And twenty Men of Kin in his Houſhold.
    • [A] stalwart leather-clad "boy," just returned from trapping on the waters of Grand River, on the western side the mountains, who interlards his mountain jargon with Spanish words picked up in Taos and California.

  2. Courageous.

    • Now Tomlins always acted as Morgan's major domo in tent or quarters, and was also a stalwart hand either against ox, sheep, or enemy.

  3. Determined

    Determined; staunch.

  4. ›+ 4 more definitions

    1. One who has a strong build.

    2. One who firmly supports a cause.

      • But I am sure there must be a great many Socialists who would fairly turn in their graves if they knew how their successors in the Labour Party were "ratting" on the policy laid down by the old stalwarts.

    3. One who is dependable.

      • The party's staunchest stalwarts constitute the President's redoubtable bulwark against the latter bribery accusations.
      • In August, the Los Angeles-area stalwart the Lab also closed its dance space, a 12,000-square-foot location in West Covina.

    4. A member of the former Stalwarts Republican party of the United States during the Gilded…

      A member of the former Stalwarts Republican party of the United States during the Gilded Age.

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Derived

stalwartism, stalwartize, stalwartly, stalwartness

Vish — recursive loop

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA