stalwartadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈstɔːlwət/,

/ˈstɒlwət/,

/ˈstalwət/, U.S.

/ˈstɔlwərt/,

/ˈstɑlwərt/

Forms: Middle English stalouart, stalowart, ( stawlouart), stalawrt, Middle English stallwart, Middle English stal(l)uart, stalwert, Middle English–1500s, 1800s stalwart.

Etymology: A 16th cent. Scots form of stalworth adj., brought into English use by Scott.

Now literary.

A. adj.

1. Of persons (†and animals): Strongly and stoutly built, sturdy, robust.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > [adjective] > of health: good > resistant to disease, etc.

strongeOE

stalworthc1175

starka1250

stiff1297

stalworthyc1300

vigorousc1330

stoura1350

lustyc1374

marrowya1382

sturdyc1386

crank1398

robust1490

vigorious1502

stalwart1508

hardy1548

robustious1548

of force1577

rustical1583

marrowed1612

rustic1620

robustic1652

solid1741

refractory1843

salted1864

resistant1876

saulteda1879

the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > broad shape or physique > [adjective]

stalworthc1175

thicka1250

stubblea1300

quarryc1300

stalworthyc1300

stoura1350

sturdyc1386

buirdlya1400

squarec1430

couragec1440

craskc1440

substantialc1460

ample1485

stalwart1508

puddinga1540

full-bodied1588

robust1666

two-handed1687

swankinga1704

strapping1707

broad-set1708

thick-set1724

throddy?1748

thick-bodied1752

broad-built1771

junky1825

swankie1838

stodgy1854

wide-bodied1854

beefish1882

hunky1911

buff1982

buffed1986

the world > life > the body > bodily constitution > bodily strength > [adjective] > robust

strongeOE

hardOE

stalworthc1175

starka1250

stiff1297

steel to the (very) backa1300

stalworthyc1300

wightc1300

stable13..

valiant1303

stithc1325

toughc1330

wrast1338

stoura1350

sadc1384

wighty14..

derfc1440

substantialc1460

well-jointed1483

felon1487

robust1490

stalwart1508

stoutya1529

robustous?1531

rankc1540

hardy1548

robustious1548

stout1576

rustical1583

rustic1620

iron1638

robustic1652

swankinga1704

strapping1707

rugged1731

solid1741

vaudy1793

flaithulach1829

ironbark1833

swankie1838

tough as (old) boots or leather1843

skookum1847

hard (also tough, sharp) as nails1862

hard-assed1954

nails1974

1508 Golagros & Gawane (Chepman & Myllar) sig. biiii^v On stedis stalwart and strang.

a1525 (c1448) R. Holland Bk. Howlat l. 697 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 116 Ye stork stallwart & styth.

1825 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words Stalwart, stout, strong, hale.

1837 J. G. Lockhart Mem. Life Scott IV. vi. 189 A tall and stalwart bag~piper.

1856 D. M. Mulock John Halifax I. i. 2 What would I not have given to have been so stalwart and so tall!

2. Of inanimate things: Firmly made or established, strong. Now rare.

ΚΠ

1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xiii. 14 With wapnys stalwart of steill Thai dang on thame with all thar mycht.

1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) v. l. 1136 Tre-wark thai brynt..Wallis brak doun that stalwart war off stanys.

1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) iii. 732 A rycht stalwart castell.

?1507 W. Dunbar Tua Mariit Wemen (Rouen) in Poems (1998) I. 51 He..maid a stalwart staff to strik him selfe doune.

1858 N. Hawthorne Fr. & Ital. Jrnls. II. 80 Its old walls, however, are stalwart enough to outlast another set of frescos.

a. Of persons, their attributes, etc.: Resolute, unbending, determined. Chiefly modern.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > decision > constancy or steadfastness > [adjective]

fasteOE

stathelfasteOE

anredOE

hardOE

starkOE

trueOE

steadfast993

fastredeOE

stithc1000

findyOE

stablea1275

stathelyc1275

stiffc1275

stablec1290

steel to the (very) backa1300

unbowinga1300

stably13..

firm1377

unmovablea1382

constantc1386

abidingc1400

toughc1400

sure1421

unmoblea1425

unfaintedc1425

unfaint1436

permanent?a1475

stalwartc1480

unbroken1513

immovable1534

inconcuss1542

unshaken1548

stout1569

unwavering1570

undiscourageable1571

fixed1574

discourageable1576

unappalled1578

resolute1579

unremoved1583

resolved1585

unflexiblea1586

unshakeda1586

square1589

unstooping1597

iron1598

rocky1601

steady1602

undeclinable1610

unboweda1616

unfainting1615

unswayed1615

staunch1624

undiscourageda1628

staid1631

unshook1633

blue?1636

true blue?1636

tenacious1640

uncomplying1643

yieldless1651

riveting1658

unshakened1659

inconquerable1660

unyielding1677

unbendinga1688

tight1690

unswerving1694

unfaltering1727

unsubmitting1730

undeviating1732

undrooping1736

impervertible1741

undamped1742

undyingc1765

sturdy1775

stiff as a poker1798

unfickle1802

indivertible1821

thick and thin1822

undisheartened1827

inconvertible1829

straightforward1829

indomitable1830

stickfast1831

unsuccumbing1833

unturnable1847

unswerved1849

undivertible1856

unforsaking1862

swerveless1863

steeve1870

rock-ribbed1884

stiff in the back1897

c1480 (a1400) St. Katherine 695 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 462 Bad hir be of stawlouart will.

1842 R. H. Barham Black Mousquetaire in Ingoldsby Legends 2nd Ser. 9 The form whose stalwart pride But yester morn was by his side.1903 J. Morley Life Gladstone I. i. iii. 69 The duke made his stalwart declaration in the House of Lords against all parliamentary reform.1905 E. Clodd Animism §17. 99 The stalwart opponents of superstition refused his request.

†b. Of a fight: Stoutly contested, severe. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > violent action or operation > [adjective] > carried on violently

stithc1000

strongOE

starkOE

storlicc1275

stourc1275

sharpc1381

stalwartc1420

sturdya1450

sorea1500

vehement1531

shrewd1576

perperacute1647

furied1878

c1420 Wyntoun Cron. viii. xxxiii. 5836 He fande þar hard [v.r. stalwart] barganynge.

1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) i. 468 The Machabeys, That..Fawcht in-to mony stalwart stour, For to delyvie thair countre.

1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid x. v. 164 The tyme of batale reddy is at hand, Quhar strenth beis schawyn in stalwart stowr to stand.

4. Valiant in fight, brave, courageous.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > courage > valour > warlike valour > [adjective]

proudc1275

steepc1275

wightc1275

sturdy1297

stoutc1325

valiantc1330

stern1390

martialc1425

pertc1450

stalwartc1480

talla1529

handsome1665

c1480 (a1400) St. Placidus 250 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 76 For-þi mon þu, as stalawrt knycht, to resist hym mak þe bown.

1508 Golagros & Gawane (Chepman & Myllar) sig. b Wondir staluart and strang to striue in ane stour.

1568 (a1500) Freiris Berwik 483 in W. T. Ritchie Bannatyne MS (1930) IV. 275 Sumthing effrayit tho^t stalwart was his hart.

1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake i. 34 Whose stalwart arm might brook to wield A blade like this in battle field.1859 Ld. Tennyson Vivien in Idylls of King 118 But afterwards He made a stalwart knight.

†5. Of a storm, weather: Violent, tempestuous.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > bad weather > [adjective] > severe or violent (of weather or elements)

retheeOE

strongOE

stithc1100

snella1400

woodc1400

outrage?a1425

violentc1425

sternc1449

strainable1497

rigorous1513

stalwart1528

vehement1528

sore1535

sturdy1569

robustious1632

severe1676

beating1702

shaving1789

snorting1819

wroth1852

wrathy1872

snapping1876

vicious1882

1528 D. Lindsay Dreme 80 With stalwart stormes hir sweitnes wes suprisit.

1827 W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd vi. 187 Siccan stalwart weather.

6. In combinations.

ΚΠ

1837 B. D. Walsh tr. Aristophanes Knights iv. i, in Comedies 241 The stalwart-fathered goddess.

1871 F. T. Palgrave Lyrical Poems 51 Red-faced and stalwart-fashioned Point-blank they came on their foes.

B. n.

1. A strong and valiant man.Now only as nonce-use, after 2.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > courage > heroism > [noun] > hero > person of mettle

heart1340

heart of oakc1384

bolda1400

doughtya1400

stalworthc1400

sternc1400

Ironsidea1470

stalwart1508

galliard1532

lada1556

stoutheart1556

hardydardy1593

valour1609

valiant1610

fireman1648

hearty1790

my (also me) hearty1839

the world > life > the body > bodily constitution > bodily strength > [noun] > robustness > person

stalworthc1400

Ironsidea1470

stalwart1508

iron man1643

pine knot1836

iron woman1900

hard rock1922

toughie1929

tough guy1932

hard-ass1962

hardbody1980

1508 Golagros & Gawane (Chepman & Myllar) sig. bv^v Thair wes na staluart vnstonait so sterne wes y^e stound.

1508 Golagros & Gawane (Chepman & Myllar) sig. c^v Thair with the stalwartis in stour can stotin and stynt.

1891 Academy 3 Jan. 7/2 Emin's ‘stalwarts’..proving to be for the most part brutal ruffians and abject cravens in the presence of danger.

a. A sturdy uncompromising partisan; esp. as a political designation.In U.S. politics 1877 and subsequently, an extremist of the Republican party.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > politics > party politics > [noun] > attachment to party > one attached to party > stout or uncompromising

true blue1647

henchman1835

straight-out1840

stalwart1881

flat-foot1887

1881 Nation (N.Y.) 32 415 The epithet ‘Stalwart’ as applied to a class of politicians was first used by Mr. Blaine in 1877 to designate those Republicans who were unwilling to give up hostility and distrust of the South as a political motive.

1890 Times 11 July 9/3 The ‘stalwarts’ of the Radical party, supported the resolution.

attributive.1888 J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. II. xlvi. 203 The ‘Stalwart’ and ‘Half-breed’ sections of the Republican party.1907 National Church 15 Oct. 262/1 The ‘stalwart’ section of militant Dissent.

b. One who is disposed to take an uncompromising position with regard to political, religious, and social questions in general; a ‘doctrinaire’. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > extreme opinion, dogmatism > [noun] > person holding

dogmatizer1600

dogmatic1650

dogmatist1654

ultra1823

doctrinaire1831

Doctrinarian1836

mad mullah1838

doctrinist1840

ultraist1842

stalwart1899

fundamentalist1913

pontificator1934

Islamicist1963

1899 S. N. Patten Devel. Eng. Thought i. 27 I shall call them stalwarts from their love of doctrines, dogmas, and creeds, and from their inclination to subordinate policy to principle.

1899 S. N. Patten Devel. Eng. Thought i. 28 Stalwarts are always impressed by ideals that are clear and simple, by principles that are bold and definite, by creeds that are rigid and exact, and by platforms that are plain and unmistakable.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	stalwart
释义	stalwartadj.n. Brit. /ˈstɔːlwət/, /ˈstɒlwət/, /ˈstalwət/, U.S. /ˈstɔlwərt/, /ˈstɑlwərt/ Forms: Middle English stalouart, stalowart, ( stawlouart), stalawrt, Middle English stallwart, Middle English stal(l)uart, stalwert, Middle English–1500s, 1800s stalwart. Etymology: A 16th cent. Scots form of stalworth adj., brought into English use by Scott. Now literary. A. adj. 1. Of persons (†and animals): Strongly and stoutly built, sturdy, robust. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > [adjective] > of health: good > resistant to disease, etc. strongeOE stalworthc1175 starka1250 stiff1297 stalworthyc1300 vigorousc1330 stoura1350 lustyc1374 marrowya1382 sturdyc1386 crank1398 robust1490 vigorious1502 stalwart1508 hardy1548 robustious1548 of force1577 rustical1583 marrowed1612 rustic1620 robustic1652 solid1741 refractory1843 salted1864 resistant1876 saulteda1879 the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > broad shape or physique > [adjective] stalworthc1175 thicka1250 stubblea1300 quarryc1300 stalworthyc1300 stoura1350 sturdyc1386 buirdlya1400 squarec1430 couragec1440 craskc1440 substantialc1460 ample1485 stalwart1508 puddinga1540 full-bodied1588 robust1666 two-handed1687 swankinga1704 strapping1707 broad-set1708 thick-set1724 throddy?1748 thick-bodied1752 broad-built1771 junky1825 swankie1838 stodgy1854 wide-bodied1854 beefish1882 hunky1911 buff1982 buffed1986 the world > life > the body > bodily constitution > bodily strength > [adjective] > robust strongeOE hardOE stalworthc1175 starka1250 stiff1297 steel to the (very) backa1300 stalworthyc1300 wightc1300 stable13.. valiant1303 stithc1325 toughc1330 wrast1338 stoura1350 sadc1384 wighty14.. derfc1440 substantialc1460 well-jointed1483 felon1487 robust1490 stalwart1508 stoutya1529 robustous?1531 rankc1540 hardy1548 robustious1548 stout1576 rustical1583 rustic1620 iron1638 robustic1652 swankinga1704 strapping1707 rugged1731 solid1741 vaudy1793 flaithulach1829 ironbark1833 swankie1838 tough as (old) boots or leather1843 skookum1847 hard (also tough, sharp) as nails1862 hard-assed1954 nails1974 1508 Golagros & Gawane (Chepman & Myllar) sig. biiii^v On stedis stalwart and strang. a1525 (c1448) R. Holland Bk. Howlat l. 697 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 116 Ye stork stallwart & styth. 1825 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words Stalwart, stout, strong, hale. 1837 J. G. Lockhart Mem. Life Scott IV. vi. 189 A tall and stalwart bag~piper. 1856 D. M. Mulock John Halifax I. i. 2 What would I not have given to have been so stalwart and so tall! 2. Of inanimate things: Firmly made or established, strong. Now rare. ΚΠ 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xiii. 14 With wapnys stalwart of steill Thai dang on thame with all thar mycht. 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) v. l. 1136 Tre-wark thai brynt..Wallis brak doun that stalwart war off stanys. 1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) iii. 732 A rycht stalwart castell. ?1507 W. Dunbar Tua Mariit Wemen (Rouen) in Poems (1998) I. 51 He..maid a stalwart staff to strik him selfe doune. 1858 N. Hawthorne Fr. & Ital. Jrnls. II. 80 Its old walls, however, are stalwart enough to outlast another set of frescos. 3. a. Of persons, their attributes, etc.: Resolute, unbending, determined. Chiefly modern. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > constancy or steadfastness > [adjective] fasteOE stathelfasteOE anredOE hardOE starkOE trueOE steadfast993 fastredeOE stithc1000 findyOE stablea1275 stathelyc1275 stiffc1275 stablec1290 steel to the (very) backa1300 unbowinga1300 stably13.. firm1377 unmovablea1382 constantc1386 abidingc1400 toughc1400 sure1421 unmoblea1425 unfaintedc1425 unfaint1436 permanent?a1475 stalwartc1480 unbroken1513 immovable1534 inconcuss1542 unshaken1548 stout1569 unwavering1570 undiscourageable1571 fixed1574 discourageable1576 unappalled1578 resolute1579 unremoved1583 resolved1585 unflexiblea1586 unshakeda1586 square1589 unstooping1597 iron1598 rocky1601 steady1602 undeclinable1610 unboweda1616 unfainting1615 unswayed1615 staunch1624 undiscourageda1628 staid1631 unshook1633 blue?1636 true blue?1636 tenacious1640 uncomplying1643 yieldless1651 riveting1658 unshakened1659 inconquerable1660 unyielding1677 unbendinga1688 tight1690 unswerving1694 unfaltering1727 unsubmitting1730 undeviating1732 undrooping1736 impervertible1741 undamped1742 undyingc1765 sturdy1775 stiff as a poker1798 unfickle1802 indivertible1821 thick and thin1822 undisheartened1827 inconvertible1829 straightforward1829 indomitable1830 stickfast1831 unsuccumbing1833 unturnable1847 unswerved1849 undivertible1856 unforsaking1862 swerveless1863 steeve1870 rock-ribbed1884 stiff in the back1897 c1480 (a1400) St. Katherine 695 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 462 Bad hir be of stawlouart will. 1842 R. H. Barham Black Mousquetaire in Ingoldsby Legends 2nd Ser. 9 The form whose stalwart pride But yester morn was by his side.1903 J. Morley Life Gladstone I. i. iii. 69 The duke made his stalwart declaration in the House of Lords against all parliamentary reform.1905 E. Clodd Animism §17. 99 The stalwart opponents of superstition refused his request. †b. Of a fight: Stoutly contested, severe. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > violent action or operation > [adjective] > carried on violently stithc1000 strongOE starkOE storlicc1275 stourc1275 sharpc1381 stalwartc1420 sturdya1450 sorea1500 vehement1531 shrewd1576 perperacute1647 furied1878 c1420 Wyntoun Cron. viii. xxxiii. 5836 He fande þar hard [v.r. stalwart] barganynge. 1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) i. 468 The Machabeys, That..Fawcht in-to mony stalwart stour, For to delyvie thair countre. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid x. v. 164 The tyme of batale reddy is at hand, Quhar strenth beis schawyn in stalwart stowr to stand. 4. Valiant in fight, brave, courageous. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > courage > valour > warlike valour > [adjective] proudc1275 steepc1275 wightc1275 sturdy1297 stoutc1325 valiantc1330 stern1390 martialc1425 pertc1450 stalwartc1480 talla1529 handsome1665 c1480 (a1400) St. Placidus 250 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 76 For-þi mon þu, as stalawrt knycht, to resist hym mak þe bown. 1508 Golagros & Gawane (Chepman & Myllar) sig. b Wondir staluart and strang to striue in ane stour. 1568 (a1500) Freiris Berwik 483 in W. T. Ritchie Bannatyne MS (1930) IV. 275 Sumthing effrayit tho^t stalwart was his hart. 1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake i. 34 Whose stalwart arm might brook to wield A blade like this in battle field.1859 Ld. Tennyson Vivien in Idylls of King 118 But afterwards He made a stalwart knight. †5. Of a storm, weather: Violent, tempestuous. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > bad weather > [adjective] > severe or violent (of weather or elements) retheeOE strongOE stithc1100 snella1400 woodc1400 outrage?a1425 violentc1425 sternc1449 strainable1497 rigorous1513 stalwart1528 vehement1528 sore1535 sturdy1569 robustious1632 severe1676 beating1702 shaving1789 snorting1819 wroth1852 wrathy1872 snapping1876 vicious1882 1528 D. Lindsay Dreme 80 With stalwart stormes hir sweitnes wes suprisit. 1827 W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd vi. 187 Siccan stalwart weather. 6. In combinations. ΚΠ 1837 B. D. Walsh tr. Aristophanes Knights iv. i, in Comedies 241 The stalwart-fathered goddess. 1871 F. T. Palgrave Lyrical Poems 51 Red-faced and stalwart-fashioned Point-blank they came on their foes. B. n. 1. A strong and valiant man.Now only as nonce-use, after 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > courage > heroism > [noun] > hero > person of mettle heart1340 heart of oakc1384 bolda1400 doughtya1400 stalworthc1400 sternc1400 Ironsidea1470 stalwart1508 galliard1532 lada1556 stoutheart1556 hardydardy1593 valour1609 valiant1610 fireman1648 hearty1790 my (also me) hearty1839 the world > life > the body > bodily constitution > bodily strength > [noun] > robustness > person stalworthc1400 Ironsidea1470 stalwart1508 iron man1643 pine knot1836 iron woman1900 hard rock1922 toughie1929 tough guy1932 hard-ass1962 hardbody1980 1508 Golagros & Gawane (Chepman & Myllar) sig. bv^v Thair wes na staluart vnstonait so sterne wes y^e stound. 1508 Golagros & Gawane (Chepman & Myllar) sig. c^v Thair with the stalwartis in stour can stotin and stynt. 1891 Academy 3 Jan. 7/2 Emin's ‘stalwarts’..proving to be for the most part brutal ruffians and abject cravens in the presence of danger. 2. a. A sturdy uncompromising partisan; esp. as a political designation.In U.S. politics 1877 and subsequently, an extremist of the Republican party. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > party politics > [noun] > attachment to party > one attached to party > stout or uncompromising true blue1647 henchman1835 straight-out1840 stalwart1881 flat-foot1887 1881 Nation (N.Y.) 32 415 The epithet ‘Stalwart’ as applied to a class of politicians was first used by Mr. Blaine in 1877 to designate those Republicans who were unwilling to give up hostility and distrust of the South as a political motive. 1890 Times 11 July 9/3 The ‘stalwarts’ of the Radical party, supported the resolution. attributive.1888 J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. II. xlvi. 203 The ‘Stalwart’ and ‘Half-breed’ sections of the Republican party.1907 National Church 15 Oct. 262/1 The ‘stalwart’ section of militant Dissent. b. One who is disposed to take an uncompromising position with regard to political, religious, and social questions in general; a ‘doctrinaire’. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > extreme opinion, dogmatism > [noun] > person holding dogmatizer1600 dogmatic1650 dogmatist1654 ultra1823 doctrinaire1831 Doctrinarian1836 mad mullah1838 doctrinist1840 ultraist1842 stalwart1899 fundamentalist1913 pontificator1934 Islamicist1963 1899 S. N. Patten Devel. Eng. Thought i. 27 I shall call them stalwarts from their love of doctrines, dogmas, and creeds, and from their inclination to subordinate policy to principle. 1899 S. N. Patten Devel. Eng. Thought i. 28 Stalwarts are always impressed by ideals that are clear and simple, by principles that are bold and definite, by creeds that are rigid and exact, and by platforms that are plain and unmistakable. 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