stalwart
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adjective \ˈstȯl-wərt\Definition of STALWART
: marked by outstanding strength and vigor of body, mind, or spirit <stalwart common sense>
— stal·wart·ly adverb
— stal·wart·ness noun
See Examples of STALWART
- their strong and stalwart son
- <the stalwart soldiers in the army of Alexander the Great, who willingly followed him to the ends of the known world>
Origin of STALWART
Middle English, alteration of stalworth, from Old English stǣlwierthe serviceable
First Known Use: 15th century
Related to STALWART
- Synonyms
- bold, courageous, dauntless, doughty, fearless, gallant, greathearted, gutsy, gutty, heroic (also heroical), intrepid, lionhearted, manful, brave, stout, stouthearted, undauntable, undaunted, valiant, valorous
- Antonyms
- chicken, chickenhearted, chicken-livered, coward, cowardly, craven, dastardly, fainthearted, fearful, gutless, lily-livered, milk-livered [archaic], nerveless, poltroon, poor-spirited, pusillanimous, spineless, spiritless, timorous, uncourageous, ungallant, unheroic, weakhearted, yellow
See Synonym Discussion at strong
2stalwart
nounDefinition of STALWART
1
: a stalwart person
2
: an unwavering partisan
First Known Use of STALWART
15th century
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