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Stalwart

Definition: Stalwart

Stalwart

Adjective

1. 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".

2. Dependable; "the stalwart citizens at Lexington"; "a stalwart supporter of the UN"; "stout hearts".

3. Used especially of persons; "a stalwart knight"; "a stouthearted fellow who had an active career in the army".

Noun

1. A person who is loyal to their allegiance (especially in times of revolt).

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "stalwart" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

 

Synonyms: Stalwart

Synonyms: hardy (adj), stout (adj), stouthearted (adj), sturdy (adj), loyalist (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Stalwart

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Size

Corpulent, stout, fat, obese, plump, squab, full, lusty, strapping, bouncing; portly, burly, well-fed, full-grown; corn fed, gram fed; stalwart, brawny, fleshy; goodly; in good case, in good condition; in condition; chopping, jolly; chub faced, chubby faced.

Strength

Able-bodied; athletic; Herculean, Cyclopean, Atlantean; muscular, brawny, wiry, well-knit, broad-shouldered, sinewy, strapping, stalwart, gigantic.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Stalwart

English words defined with "stalwart": gray, greyhardyruggedStalwartly, stout, stouthearted, sturdy. (references)
Specialty definitions using "stalwart": Parson Bate. (references)

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Modern Usage: Stalwart

DomainUsage

Screenplays

The good guys are always stalwart and true (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer)

Together with my stalwart sidekick Arthur and the magnanimous help of some other folks I know, we form the yin to villany's malevolent yang (The Tick; writing credit: Larry Charles; Lon Diamond)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Stalwart

DomainTitle

Books

  • Conquerors of the West: Stalwart Mormon Pioneers (reference)

  • Fanfare for the Stalwart (reference)

  • John A. Logan: Stalwart Republican from Illinois (Shawnee Classics) (reference)

  • Sir Stalwart (reference)

  • Stalwart Men of Early Texas (Frontiers of America) (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: Stalwart

ThumbnailDescription & Credit

Campaign badge(?) of Republican party, to be worn to the polls, showing Theodore Roosevelt on horseback, carrying U.S. flag, with banner "stalwart Republicanism to the front"; and head-and-shoulders portrait of John Weaver, candidate for mayor of Philadel. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Stalwart

SubjectTopicQuote

Political Economy

Pakistan

Bhutto's hold on power received a further boost in November 1993, when Farooq Leghari, a PPP stalwart, was elected President. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Stalwart

"Stalwart" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 81.90% of the time. "Stalwart" is used about 105 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)81.9%8635,638
Noun (singular)18.1%1980,337
                    Total100.00%105N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Cities: Stalwart


1. Stalwart, MI
Zip Code(s): 49789
Country: USA

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Expression: Stalwart

Hypenated Usage

Ending with "stalwart": ex-stalwart.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Stalwart

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

stalwart

20

alvis stalwart

4

blacksmith stalwart young

3
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Stalwart

Language Translations for "stalwart"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

i vendosur (decided, decisive, determinate, determined, established, firm, fixed, hell-bent, inveterate, nervy, purposeful, resolute, resolved, set, situated, stiff, stout, strong, unalterable, unfaltering, unhesitating), i lartë (altisonant, big, considerable, elevated, eminent, exalted, first, high, high pitched, higher, lofty, overhead, paramount, pre eminent, rank, soaring, sonorous, towering), i fuqishëm (able bodied, forcible, full-blooded, green, hard, hearty, heavy, hefty, husky, lusty, marrowy, mighty, orotund, potent, potential, powerful, racy, red blooded, robust, sound, spanking, strenuous, strong, sturdy, trenchant, vigorous, violent). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏مصصم (layout), ‏نصير راسخ الايمان, ‏قوي البنية (able bodied, all-mains, burly, going strong, rugged), ‏حامي الدين, ‏عازم (determined, firm, intent, resolute, resolved, single minded, steadfast), ‏طويل موفور العضل, ‏إمرأة شجاعة, ‏رجل شجاع, ‏راسخ الإيمان, ‏شخص قوي البنية, ‏شجاع (brave, courageous, dauntless, doughty, fearless, gallant, game, gritty, hardy, hero, manful, martial, mettlesome, plucky, red blooded, spirited, stout, tiger, undaunted, valiant, valorous). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

як (brawny, chopping, fast, fit, flourishing, grunting ox, hard, husky, iron, lusty, robust, rude, rugged, stocky, stout, sturdy, thickset, tough, two-fisted, vigorous, yak), смел (adventurous, ambitious, audacious, bold, brave, courageous, daring, dashing, gallant, game, gamy, gritty, gutsy, high-hearted, high-spirited, manful, manly, martial, mettled, mettlesome, plucky, provocative, slashing, spirited, spunky, stout, stouthearted, thoroughbred, valiant, venturesome), решителен (chopping, crisp, decided, decisive, determined, drastic, fateful, flat-footed, heroic, high-spirited, obstinate, peremptory, plucky, plump, point blank, pronounced, purposeful, purposive, resolute, ringing, stable, straight out, strong-minded, sturdy, thoroughgoing, trenchant, ultimate, unfaltering, unflinching, unhesitating, utter, winning), здрав (blooming, durable, entire, fast, fit, flourishing, flush, good, hard, healthful, healthy, hearty, hefty, invulnerable, lasting, laudable, lusty, nervous, nervy, reliable, right, robust, rubbery, rude, rugged, safe, salubrious, seaworthy, secure, serviceable, sinewy, sleek, sober, sound, stanch, staunch, steady, stout, strapping, strong, sturdy, substantial, sure footed, taintless, tenacious, thickset, uncorrupted, up to the mark, vigorous, well, well-conditioned, without scathe), предан член на партия. (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

坚定 (Adamant, Determined, Determinedly, inflexible, unshakable, unshakably), (strength, sturdy). (various references)

   

Czech

  

stoupenec (adherent, backer, devotee, exponent, follower, hanger-on, supporter), statný (burly, gallant, hefty, portly, robust, stout, strapping, strong, sturdy, valid), silný (bad, big, boisterous, good, hard, heady, heavy, hefty, high, large, lusty, mighty, muscular, potent, powerful, red blooded, robust, rude, rugged, stiff, stocky, stout, strong, sturdy, thick, tough, valid, vigorous, violent), odvážný (audacious, brave, courageous, daring, fearless, great-hearted, high-spirited, lion-hearted, manful, mettlesome, perilous, plucky, risky, soldierly, spunky, venturesome), oddaný straník, oddaný (affectionate, attached, devoted, dutiful, great, intent, obedient, pious). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

مصمم (Intent, Resolute, Set, Undeviating, Unflinching), قوی (Boisterous, Drastic, Fort, Hard, Hefty, Intense, Irresistible, Lusty, Mighty, Overtone, Potent, Stark, Stocky, Strong, Swith, Valid, Vigorous), تنومند (Burly, Corpulent, Huge, Robust, Rugged, Sturdy), ستبر (Big, Burly, Gross, Robust, Stout, Sturdy, Thick), شدید (Boisterous, Chronic, Diametrical, Drastic, Exquisite, Grievous, Hard, Inclement, Intense, Intensive, Keen, Rigorous, Rugged, Severe, Sopping, Strenuous, Tough, Vehement, Vigorous, Violent), بی باک (Audacious, Bold, Brazen, Daredevil, Dashing, Heroic, Intrepid, Venturer). (various references)

   

French

  

vigoureux (stout, strenuous, stringent, strong, sturdy), vaillant (stout, stout hearted), résolu (steadfast, strong-minded), pilier (stanchion), fidèle (steadfast), déterminé, costaud (strapping), brave homme, brave femme, brave (stout). (various references)

   

German

  

robust (robust, robustly, strong, sturdy, tough, virile), handfest (solid, tangible). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

ρωμαλέοσ (brawny, hearty, husky, incisive, lusty, robust, sinewy, strong, sturdy), γεναίοσ (valiant), παλληκάρι (brave), παλληκαράσ (brave man). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

חזק איתן ואמיץ. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

rendíthetetlen (firm as a rock, grim, imperturbable, inexorable, insistent, shock-proof, stanch, staunch, Stonewall, uncompromising, unflappable, unshakable, unshrinking), bátor (ballsy, bold, brave, courageous, dauntless, Doughty, dreadnought, enterprising, fearless, gallant, gritty, Hardy, manful, mettlesome, plucky, spirited, spunky, stout hearted, valiant). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

cekal (gallant). (various references)

   

Italian

  

prode, coraggioso (bold, brave, courageous, gallant, gritty, high-spirited, intrepid, manly, plucky, stout). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

猛者 (man of valour), 硬派 (hard-liners, tough elements). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

"うは (hard-liners, light waves, tough elements), もさ (man of valour). (various references)

   

Manx

  

tramylt (hardy, robust, stout, sturdy, vigorous, vigorous as plant), looyr (husky, strong bodied). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

alwartstay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

vagaroso (behindhand, easygoing, leisurely, lingering, longstanding, slow, sluggish, stick-in-the-mud, tardy), robusto (able-bodied, cant, hale, hefty, lusty, masculine, nervy, randy, stout, strapping, strong, sturdy, substantial, tough, vigorous, wakeless, wholesome), rijo (cornered, hard, robust, stiff, strong, sturdy, tough, wiry), resoluto (accomplished, decisive, energetic, game, plucky, purposive, resolute, stark, steadfast, stiff, stout, sturdy, unbending, unhesitating, unwavering), forte (accomplished, acute, bold, bouncing, brawny, cogent, decuman, firm, forceful, forcible, fort, forte, fortress, full-blooded, hale, hard, heavy, hefty, high, high-hearted, intense, intensive, keen, loud, lusty, manly, masculine, masterful, mighty, nappy, penetrating, pithy, potent, presidio, racy, red-blooded, salt, sanguineous, seaworthy, sharp, sinewy, snorting, solid, stark, stout, strapping, strong, sturdy, substantial, swingeing, telling, tough, two-fisted, unfailing, vehement, venturous, vigorous, wakeless, wholesome). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

viteaz (bold, brave, courageous, gallant, gamy, hero, manly, proud, temerarious, valiant, valorous, vigorous), viguros (bouncing, chopping, emphatic, forceful, forcible, forcibly, full-blooded, green, Hale, Hardy, hearty, hot stuff, humming, intense, lusty, nervous, pithy, potent, red blooded, robust, rude, sapful, sinewy, stout, stoutly, strapping, strong, strong-limbed, thriving, tough, vigorous, vigorously), tare (adamant, adamantine, badly, crusty, deeply, double, durable, fast, fierce, firm, firmly, greatly, hard, hollow, intense, intensely, lasting, leathery, loud, loudly, mighty, potent, powerful, rigid, robust, rocky, solid, spanking, steady, stiff, stout, strong, strongly, sturdy, to the echo, tough, unflinching, unflinchingly, vehement, vigorous, violent), robust (bouncing, Hale, Hardy, hefty, iron, lusty, red blooded, robust, rude, rugged, stout, strapping, strong, strong-limbed, sturdy, tough, well knit), membru marcant al unui partid, hotãrât (adamant, appointed, assertive, categorical, categorically, certain, certainly, dead, decided, definite, definitely, determined, exactly, firm, firmly, flat, flatly, forthright, foursquare, game, gritty, hell-bent, manful, pertinacious, plucky, point blank, positively, purposeful, resolute, resolved, resolvedly, set, steadfast, sticky, strong-minded, sturdy, sure, surely, trenchant, unfaltering, unflinching, unflinchingly, unhesitatingly, vigorous), decis (determined, resolute, resolved, sharp, strong-minded), curajos (bold, brave, courageous, daring, Dauntless, gallant, game, gamy, gritty, high-spirited, manful, nervy, pluckily, plucky, reckless, spirited, stout, temerarious, unflinching, vigorous). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

сторонник рослый, рослый (burly, chopping), непоколебимый (hard and fast, immovable, impregnable, iron-handed, resolute, unflinching, unshakable, unshakeable, unshaken, unshrinking, unswerving, unwavering), дюжий (hefty). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

snažan (able bodied, burly, firm, forceful, hefty, lusty, mighty, powerful, robust, robustious, sinewy, strong, sturdy, trenchant, vigorous, vivid, well knit), odlučan (crucial, decided, decretory, determined, point blank, purposeful, resolute, resolved, settled, spirited, trojan), čvrst (firm, hard, hard and fast, solid, sound, staunch, steadfast, steady, strong, sturdy, tenacious, tight, trim, unwavering, wiry). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

valiente como un caballero (Dauntless, Doughty, plucky, stout, stout hearted), leal (aboveboard, devoted, faithful, fast, frank, honest, loyal, single minded, single-hearted, staunch, true, trusty), fornido (beefy, chunky, heavy-set, hefty, husky, Square, stout, strapping, sturdy, well knit), cien por cien (a hundred per cent, all over, out and out), acérrimo (all out, die hard, hot, out and out, very strong). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

trogen (devoted, faitful, faithful, liege, loyal, true, true blue, trusty), robust (robust, robustious, well knit), kraftig (big, bouncing, crash, forcible, hale, hard, hearty, heavy, hefty, high-powered, intense, lusty, meaty, potent, powerful, rich, robust, robustious, round, sinewy, spanking, stiff, stout, strong, sturdy, thick-set, vigorous, violent, virtuous). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

sağlam (able bodied, bankable, bouncing, calculable, cast iron, consolidated, dyed in grain, fast, firm, flat-footed, foolproof, foursquare, gilt-edged, good, granitic, Hale, hard, healthy, hearty, indissoluble, invulnerable, lusty, responsible, rugged, runproof, safe, scatheless, secure, secured, solid, sound, stable, stanch, staunch, steady, steely, stout, strong, sturdy, substantial, substantive, sure, tough, unfaltering, unshakable, unshaken, valid, whole), kuvvetli (Doughty, energetic, forceful, heady, healty, hearty, intense, lusty, mighty, muscular, potent, powered, powerful, retentive, robust, rugged, sappy, sinewed, sinewy, sound, stout, strong, swinging, tenacious, vigorous, virile, virulent), korkusuz (courageous, Dauntless, fearless, intrepid, safe, unafraid, undaunted, unflinching), güvenilir (above suspicion, authentic, bankable, calculable, certain, confidential, credible, creditable, dependable, gilt-edged, regular, reliable, responsible, right hand, secure, solid, sound, stanch, staunch, straight, sure, tried, trustworthy, trusty, unfailing, unsuspicious, worthy of credit), güçlü (bouncing, brawny, energetic, forceful, full-blooded, heroic, high pressure, iron, keen, mighty, pithy, potent, powered, powerful, prepotent, robust, sinewed, sinewy, spirited, stout, strong, sturdy, vigorous, virile, voluminous), gözüpek (adventuresome, adventurous, audacious, bold, courageous, dare devil, daring, fearless, gamy, gutsy, Hardy, intrepid, nothing if not courageous, undaunted, venturesome, Venturous). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

стійкий прихильник, рішучий (backboned, categorical, decided, decisive, determinate, determined, drastic, grim, manful, purposeful, purposive, resolute, resolved, strong-minded, strong-willed, vigorous), відважний (berserker, bold, courageous, daring, high-spirited, stout), міцний (abiding, able bodied, bastard, beefy, buirdly, deep, endurable, enduring, entrenched, fast, firm, full-bodied, lasting, lusty, oaky, racy, sledge hammer, stable, staunch, stiff, stout, strong, sturdy, substantial, substantive, tenacious, tough, wakeless, well knit), здоровань (dumpy). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

vạm vỡ (burly, hefty, husky, muscular, rugged, strapping), người vạm vỡ (strapper), người ủng hộ tích cực một đảng phái, lực lưỡng can đảm; khiên quyết. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Stalwart

Derivations

Words beginning with "stalwart": stalwartly, stalwartness, stalwartnesses, stalwarts. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Stalwart" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Safwat, saltwort, salwars, shalwar, sralwart, stailwart, stallwart, staluart, stalward, stalwert, stelwart. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Stalwart"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "stalwart" (pronounced stô"lwert)
3-w er tliverwort.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Stalwart

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-l-r-s-t-t-w"

-1 letter: stratal.

-2 letters: altars, astral, attars, ratals, statal, strata, talars, tarsal, tatars, trawls.

-3 letters: altar, artal, atlas, attar, ratal, start, straw, swart, talar, talas, tarts, tatar, trawl, warts, watts.

-4 letters: aals, alar, alas, alts, arts, awls, lars, last, lats, laws, rats, raws, salt, slat, slaw, star, stat, staw, swat, tala, tars, tart, tats, taws, tsar.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-l-r-s-t-t-w"
 

+1 letter: saltwater, stalwarts.

 

+2 letters: stalwartly, tailwaters.

 

+4 letters: stalwartness.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Photo Album
7. Quotations: Non-fiction
8. Usage Frequency
9. Cities
10. Expressions
11. Expressions: Internet
12. Translations: Modern
13. Derivations
14. Rhymes
15. Anagrams
16. Bibliography


  

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