Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Having or marked by imposing physical strength.
- adj. Firm and resolute; stout.
- n. One who is physically and morally strong.
- n. One who steadfastly supports an organization or cause: party stalwarts.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Stout; strong: applied to inanimate objects. [Scotch.]
- Hard; severe.
- Stormy; tempestuous.
- Stout; sturdy; strong; bold; brave. See stalworth.
- Sturdy and steadfast in partizanship: in United States politics [capitalized], noting various sections of the Republican party. See the phrase.
- Synonyms Stout, Sturdy, etc. (see robust), sinewy, brawny, muscular, strapping, powerful, valorous, resolute.
- n. A strong or sturdy person.
- n. A stout and steadfast partizan; specifically [capitalized], same as Stalwart Republican. See above.
- n. An ascetic, dogmatic, and strenuous person: noting a social type.
Wiktionary
- adj. Firmly built.
- adj. Courageous.
- n. one who has a strong build
- n. one who firmly supports a cause
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Brave; bold; strong; redoubted; daring; vehement; violent.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a person who is loyal to their allegiance (especially in times of revolt)
- adj. having rugged physical strength; inured to fatigue or hardships
- adj. dependable.
- adj. used especially of persons
Etymologies
- 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.
Examples
“On Windows computers, your Lifehacker editors use Texter, while the Mac writers run TextExpander (your sole Linux stalwart is tinkering with AutoKey at the moment).”
“Gibson's professional career has been plagued by injuries and weight concerns, a disappointment for the former Wisconsin stalwart who was a finalist for the Lombardi Award and Outland trophy, college football's top two awards given to offensive linemen.”
USATODAY.com - Notes: Bills sign Gibson; Condon on move; McNabb pays up
“L/Sgt Gartland was described as a "stalwart" of the Infantry Training Centre Medical Team.”
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph
“He was the sort of person the word stalwart was created for.”
“Well done Edwin van der Sar; a Dutchman by birth, qualified to play for England by residency and a long term stalwart of my Fantasy Football teams.”
“John McCain and Lindsay Graham are not known as stalwart opponents to the measure.”
The Volokh Conspiracy » Bloggers agree: Little chance for immigration bill, and they hate the VAT
“The stalwart is the latest to be caught up in this book controversies after swimmer Stephanie Rice had been done in byher saucyphotos atafancy dress ball being publicised of her Facebook the other profile”
“Other conspirators include "Europeans [who] now see global warming as a means of hampering U.S. economic competitiveness" and yes, even Wal-Mart, the conservative stalwart, which is scheming to sell compact fluorescent bulbs rather than the cheaper but less efficient incandescent variety.”
“Carole Rothman, artistic director and founder of Second Stage, who in the past was known as a stalwart supporter of female artists said:”
“A shelter in the form of a roughly put-up tent was quickly assembled, and Llywelyn decided to leave the baby in the care of a guardian as faithful and trustworthy as any of his followers—namely, his stalwart dog, Cylart.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘stalwart’.
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Olde Englisc
English words of Anglo-Saxon origin.
onslaught, slain, clove, clave, thrice, nincompoop, scorn, storm, scant, lurk, beneath, atop and 143 more...
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Unknown
coalition, cabinet, tweet, defuse, steep, ancestral, mindset, breach, infraction, egregious, curb, backbite and 280 more...
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Mobying Along
looks like there's not an open Moby Dick list. So now there is.
hypos, Manhattoes, circumambulate, mole, grapnels, bowsprit, asphaltic, mazy, tranced, cataract, ungraspable, judgmatically and 227 more...
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Phonestheme: ST-, the Defender
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staunch, steadfast, stolid, strong, stay, steel, stiff, stubborn, stuffy, stable, stalwart, steady and 11 more...
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I am : brave
brave, bold, courageous, audacious, doughty, chivalrous, gallant, gutsy, gumption, plucky, spunky, nerve and 12 more...
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Forgettables
Words with meanings I just can't seem to remember, no matter how many times I look them up.
esoteric, allegorical, zeitgeist, ersatz, stalwart, orthogonal, offal, peripatetic, definiendum, panacea, gregarious, verticals and 3 more...
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Wuthering Heights
Obscure classic English words in Wuthering Heights you barely understand till you check the dictionary out.
conjecture, tenant, sinewy, peevish, pious, advent, tumult, parlour, villanous, stalwart, soliloquise, gaiters and 6 more...
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Paladin
heroic mot-i(c)ons
el cid, paladin, hero, pahlevan, lifesaver, dickens, bellerophon, abydos, ramachandra, arminius, saga, Arpad and 42 more...
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personality traits
Ways you can behave, think, or feel.
capricious, whimsical, pragmatic, quixotic, petulant, precocious, gregarious, meticulous, spartan, stoic, pious, stalwart
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Words like morass
morass, parsimonious, moribund, susurrus, fuliginous, stalwart, deluge, furlough, timorous, mellifluous, emulsion, agglomerate
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Bness's list
lackadaisical, googleganger, stalwart, gormless, inebriated, rusticate, azure, edict, hesitatingly
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Water
Art
Noelle Knight "Who is this stalwart brave gripping you?" Callisto moved a little closer. -Charlaine Harris, Living Dead in Dallas Dec 10, 2010