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stal•wart

Pronunciation: (stôl'wurt), [key]
—adj.
1. strongly and stoutly built; sturdy and robust.
2. strong and brave; valiant: a stalwart knight.
3. firm, steadfast, or uncompromising: a stalwart supporter of the U.N.

—n.
1. a physically stalwart person.
2. a steadfast or uncompromising partisan: They counted on the party stalwarts for support in the off-year campaigns.

Stal•wart

Pronunciation: (stôl'wurt), [key]
—n.
a conservative Republican in the 1870s and 1880s, esp. one opposed to civil service and other reforms during the administrations of presidents Rutherford B. Hayes and James A. Garfield.

stallion

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