stalwart
[ stawl-wert ]
/ ˈstɔl wərt /
adjective
strongly and stoutly built; sturdy and robust.
strong and brave; valiant: a stalwart knight.
firm, steadfast, or uncompromising: a stalwart supporter of the U.N.
noun
a physically stalwart person.
a steadfast or uncompromising partisan: They counted on the party stalwarts for support in the off-year campaigns.
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Origin of stalwart
Related formsstal·wart·ly, adverbstal·wart·ness, noun
Definition for stalwart (2 of 2)
Stalwart
[ stawl-wert ]
/ ˈstɔl wərt /
noun
a conservative Republican in the 1870s and 1880s, especially one opposed to civil service and other reforms during the administrations of presidents Rutherford B. Hayes and James A. Garfield.
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stalwart
/ (ˈstɔːlwət) /
adjective
strong and sturdy; robust
solid, dependable, and courageousstalwart citizens
resolute and firm
noun
a stalwart person, esp a supporter
Derived Formsstalwartly, adverbstalwartness, noun
Word Origin for stalwart
Old English stǣlwirthe serviceable, from stǣl, shortened from stathol support + wierthe worth 1
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Word Origin and History for stalwart
stalwart
late 14c., Scottish variant of Old English stælwierðe "good, serviceable," probably a contracted compound of staðol "foundation, support" (from Proto-Germanic *stathlaz, from PIE root *sta- "to stand, set down, make or be firm;" see stet) + wierðe "good, excellent, worthy" (see worth). Another theory traces the first element of stælwierðe to Old English stæl "place," from Proto-Germanic *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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