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Synonyms for stalwart

Grammar : Adj
Spell : stawl-wert
Phonetic Transcription : ˈstɔl wərt

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Définition of stalwart

Origin :
  • 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.
  • adj strong, valiant
Example sentences :
  • “A tall and stalwart esquire, methinks,” said Master Headley.
  • Extract from : « The Armourer's Prentices » by Charlotte M. Yonge
  • The stalwart man was buttoned up in a dark overcoat, and carried an umbrella.
  • Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
  • Another voice, stalwart, elated, cut through it like a sword.
  • Extract from : « The Cavalier » by George Washington Cable
  • He was the mightiest man of valor in that same day of this our life, stalwart and stately.
  • Extract from : « Beowulf » by Anonymous
  • If I had never had a trouble before I had one now—large, stalwart, robust.
  • Extract from : « The First Violin » by Jessie Fothergill
  • His hands shook, his stalwart frame trembled as with the agony of travail.
  • Extract from : « His Masterpiece » by Emile Zola
  • Mrs. Ray had been carried out in her chair by her stalwart sons.
  • Extract from : « The Shadow of a Crime » by Hall Caine
  • She was like some stalwart oak, weathering with unshaken front a hurricane.
  • Extract from : « St. Martin's Summer » by Rafael Sabatini
  • Heyst stood by her chair, a stalwart figure imperfectly lighted.
  • Extract from : « Victory » by Joseph Conrad
  • Ten stalwart sons had he and one fair daughter, Signy by name.
  • Extract from : « Told by the Northmen: » by E. M. [Ethel Mary] Wilmot-Buxton

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