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stalwart¹

  • /ˈstɔːl.wət/ UK
  • /ˈstɒl-/ UK
  • /ˈstoːl.wət/ Australia, British, New Zealand
  • /ˈstɔl-/ Australia, British, New Zealand
  • /ˈstɔl.wɚt/ US
  • /ˈstɑl.wɚt/ US, cot caught merger
  • /ˈstoːl.wət/ New Zealand
  • /ˈstɔl-/ New Zealand
  • /ˈstɔːl.wəɾt/ Scotland
  • /ˈstɒl-/ Scotland

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Scots stalwart under the influence of Walter Scott, displacing earlier stalworth, wherewith it forms a doublet. From Middle English stal-worth (“physically strong, hardy, robust; brave, courageous”), from Old English stǣlwierþe (“able to stand in good stead, serviceable”), probably from staþol (“establishment; foundation”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (“to stand (up)”)) or stǣl (“place; condition, stead”) + -wierþe (“able to, capable of”) (probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wert- (“to rotate, turn”)).

adjective more stalwart · most stalwart

  1. Firmly or solidly built. This true Man ſoon aſſembled him beforn: / Three Sons he had that ſtalwart were and bold, / And twenty Men of Kin in his Houſhold.

    Similar: firm

  2. Courageous. Many other learned men of the age followed him [Romolo Amaseo] to the field, and contended with much zeal for the cause of the Latin; some even went so far as to wish the Italian completely banished entirely from the world. But stalwart champions were not wanting on the other side; and, to be brief,

    Similar: bold

  3. Determined; staunch.

    Similar: dependable, loyal

Similar: resilient, robust, stout, strong, brave, courageous, daring, valiant · Opposite: feeble, flimsy, soft, weak, cowardly, gutless, spineless

noun stalwarts

  1. One who has a strong build.
  2. One who firmly supports a cause. Too much authority, blind authority, mere authority, whether that of the Prince or the priest, of the Raja or the Nabob, of the oligarch or the official, of the wealty and the prosperous is the bane of Indian life, yet these stalwarts of reform always take shelter behind big names.
  3. One who is dependable. The party's staunchest stalwarts constitute the President's redoubtable bulwark against the latter bribery accusations.

Stalwart²

Where it comes from

From stalwart.

noun Stalwarts

  1. historical A member of the former Stalwarts Republican party of the United States during the Gilded Age.

Thesaurus

adjective

Similar: resilient, robust, stout, strong, brave, courageous, daring, valiant · Opposite: feeble, flimsy, soft, weak, cowardly, gutless, spineless

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Every language

adj firmly or solidly built

Españolrobusto
한국어건장한 geonjanghan, 튼튼한 teunteunhan, 강건한 ganggeonhan
中文魁梧 kuíwú
Portuguêsrobusto
Françaisrobuste
Deutschkräftig, robust, handfest, unerschütterlich
Italianorobusto
Ελληνικάεύρωστος évrostos
Русскийкре́пкий krépkij

adj courageous

Españolcorajudo, valiente
Françaiscourageux, vaillant
Deutschtapfer, unentwegt, tüchtig, unerschütterlich, standhaft
Italianoconvinto, fedele, fedelissimo
Русскийотва́жный otvážnyj

noun one who has a strong build

Españolrobusto

noun one who firmly supports a cause

Françaispilier
DeutschStandhafter, Getreuer, unerschütterlicher Anhänger
Italianosostenitore fedele, sostenitore convinto
Ελληνικάυποστηρικτής ypostiriktís, θιασώτης thiasótis

noun one who is dependable

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@misc{stalwart_2026,
  title = {stalwart},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/stalwart},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}