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stalwart
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Stalwart \Stal"wart\ (st[o^]l"w[~e]rt or st[add]l"-; 277),
Stalworth \Stal"worth\ (-w[~e]rth), a. [OE. stalworth, AS.
st[ae]lwyr[eth] serviceable, probably originally, good at
stealing, or worth stealing or taking, and afterwards
extended to other causes of estimation. See Steal, v. t.,
Worth, a.]
Brave; bold; strong; redoubted; daring; vehement; violent.
``A stalwart tiller of the soil.''
--Prof. Wilson.
Fair man he was and wise, stalworth and bold.
--R. of
Brunne.
Note: Stalworth is now disused, or but little used, stalwart having taken its place.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 14c., "resolute, determined," Scottish variant of stalworth, from Old English stælwierðe "good, serviceable," probably a contracted compound of staðol "base, foundation, support; stability, security" (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.
Wiktionary
a. 1 Firmly built. 2 courageous. n. 1 one who has a strong build 2 one who firmly supports a cause
WordNet
adj. having rugged physical strength; inured to fatigue or hardships; "hardy explorers of northern Canada"; "proud of her tall stalwart son"; "stout seamen"; "sturdy young athletes" [syn: hardy, stout, sturdy]
dependable; "the stalwart citizens at Lexington"; "a stalwart supporter of the UN"; "stout hearts" [syn: stout]
used especially of persons; "a stalwart knight"; "a stouthearted fellow who had an active career in the army" [syn: stouthearted]
n. a person who is loyal to their allegiance (especially in times of revolt) [syn: loyalist]
Wikipedia
The Stalwarts were a faction of the Republican Party that existed briefly in the United States during the 1870s, in the Gilded Age after Reconstruction.
Led by U.S. Senator Roscoe Conkling—also known as "Lord Roscoe"—Stalwarts were sometimes called Conklingites. Other notable Stalwarts include Chester A. Arthur and Thomas C. Platt, who were in favor of Ulysses S. Grant, the eighteenth President of the United States (1869–1877), running for a third term. They were the "traditional" Republicans who opposed Rutherford B. Hayes's civil service reform. They were pitted against the " Half-Breeds" (moderates) for control of the Republican Party. The only real issue between Stalwarts and Half-Breeds was patronage. The Half-Breeds worked to get civil service reform, and finally created the Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act. This was signed by Arthur, who became President after the assassination of James A. Garfield, a Half-Breed. Stalwarts favored traditional machine politics.
Stalwart is an adjective synonymous with "strong". It may also refer to:
Relating to people:
- Stalwart (politics), member of the most patronage-oriented faction of the United States Republican Party in the late 19th century
In ships and military vehicles:
- HMAS Stalwart, any of several ships in the Royal Australian Navy
- USS Stalwart, any of several ships in the U.S. Navy
- RSS Stalwart (72), a Formidable-class frigate of the Singapore Navy
- Alvis Stalwart (FV620), a highly mobile amphibious military truck
- Any of several Stalwart class tactical auxiliary general ocean surveillance ships of the U.S. Navy
Other:
- Ulmus 'Morton Stalwart', an elm hybrid cultivar tree
- Stalwart, Michigan, a community in Raber Township
- Stalwart, Saskatchewan, a hamlet in the Saskatchewan province in Canada.
Usage examples of "stalwart".
Within a minute the stalwart Berry, despatched by the baronet to arrange everything for their comfort, had opened the door, and made his bow.
Having closed the only line of escape by the junction of Ian Hamilton and of Buller, the attention of six separate bodies of troops was concentrated upon the stalwart Freestaters.
A cunning sound In that wing-music held me: down I lay In amber shades of many a golden spray, Where looping low with languid arms the Vine In wreaths of ravishment did overtwine Her kneeling Live-Oak, thousand-fold to plight Herself unto her own true stalwart knight.
The Reverend Matthews had presided as vicar for more years than he cared to remember, and he deeply regretted the loss of a stalwart parishioner such as Mrs Wilkinson.
The media had a field day with the heroic postmistress, her valiant cat and gallant dog, as well as stalwart Officer Cooper, so cool under fire.
The stalwart princeling had carefully removed every jeweled badge from his trappings and, clad in plain, worn leather, with a basket-hilted rapier of common design, could presumably pass as a wandering mercenary warrior without question, at least under cursory inspection.
Halimeda Opper, a venerable and trustworthy Reversionist party stalwart who was a media production designer by profession.
He saw light field artillery in sandbagged em placed detachments, together with mortars in their redoubts an armed with RPG sockets, the mobile hand-held stalwarts of the guerrilla arsenal: All the troops he saw seemed to be cheerful and of high morale, well fed and equipped.
Perhaps some of these duties were alternatives, but it looks as though the villein needed stalwart sons and daughters to help him, making the holding essentially a family affair.
No longer did the strongly-built Bordj seem to Domini like a fort threatening the oncomer, but like a stalwart host welcoming him, a host who kept open house in this treeless desolation that yet had, for her, no feature that was desolate.
Many of the stalwart sons of Canada were temporarily residing in the United States at these times, and had exceptional opportunities of noticing the constant preparations that were being made by the Fenian plotters to invade the land of their birth.
Pure of heart and stalwart with honour, yet besieged within their own house by the foulest of masters.
His frame had the characteristic stalwart structure of the Israelitish bondman.
Then the stalwart fellow had given the stable boy a gold eagle and sent him to find some johnnycakes, instructing him to feed them to the star sorrel.
Maybe you stalwart Nebraskans have another term for it, but here in Maplesburg that constitutes sleeping with each other.