Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who supports or upholds; a supporter; a backer.
- noun One who or that which stops or restrains.
- noun One who stays or remains: as, a stayer at home.
- noun One who has sufficient endurance to hold out to the end; a person or an animal of staying qualities, as in racing or any kind of contest; one who does not readily give in through weakness or lack of perseverance.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who upholds or supports that which props; one who, or that which, stays, stops, or restrains; also, colloquially, a horse, man, etc., that has endurance, as in a race.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who, or that which,
upholds orsupports ; aprop . - noun One who, or that which,
stays ,stops , orrestrains . - noun sports, informal An
athlete ,horse , etc. withstaying power .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a person or other animal having powers of endurance or perseverance
Etymologies
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Examples
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The horse YOU want is not a pretty, dainty flyer, but a stayer, that is sure and that brings in good money, not big odds, but good money.
Adventures and Letters of Richard Harding Davis Davis, Richard Harding, 1864-1916 1917
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The horse you want is not a pretty, dainty flyer, but a stayer, that is sure and that brings in good money, not big odds, but good money.
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The horse YOU want is not a pretty, dainty flyer, but a stayer, that is sure and that brings in good money, not big odds, but good money.
Adventures and Letters of Richard Harding Davis Richard Harding Davis 1890
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Many eyed Fred hopefully; for the word had gone around that upon him Riverport must depend to wrest victory from the grasp of that tall runner, Boggs, who was said to be a tremendous "stayer," and as speedy almost as Colon himself.
Fred Fenton on the Track or, The Athletes of Riverport School Allen Chapman
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One that allus is a "stayer" when you want to slam him through,
Songs of the Cattle Trail and Cow Camp Various 1904
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Romulus now prayed to Jupiter, and vowed to erect to him a temple as Jupiter Stator, -- that is, the "stayer," -- if he would stay the Romans in their flight.
Historic Tales, Volume 11 (of 15) The Romance of Reality Charles Morris 1877
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If Haye can win his next three fights then maybe Britain will have another "stayer" on its hands.
unknown title 2009
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In passing ... congrats to the superstar stayer Shocking, who won the Melbourne Cup today.
Reluctant Mage wordcount karenmiller 2009
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Roth, who made his debut in 1959 with a brilliant novella, Goodbye, Columbus, and hit the international headlines with Portnoy's Complaint in 1969, is nothing if not a stayer.
Philip Roth: Still fascinated by himself | Observer profile 2011
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So when I say I'm a stayer-put-her I don't mean I'm a stayer-at-homer.
Lance Mannion: 2009
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