Stalwart

Definitions

1. One who has a strong build.
2. A member of the former Stalwarts Republican party of the United States during the Gilded Age.
   historical
3. One who firmly supports a cause.
4. One who is dependable.

Equivalents

Examples

“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.”

“But I am sure there must be a great many Socialists who would fairly turn⟳ in their graves if they knew how their successors in the Labour Party were "ratting" on the policy laid down by the old stalwarts.”

“The party's staunchest stalwarts constitute the President's redoubtable bulwark against the latter bribery accusations.”

“Other erstwhile stalwarts are also wavering. Southampton had two of the best full-backs in the league last⟳ season but Ryan Bertrand has been below par this season and Cédric Soares made an uncharacteristic lapse that led to Stoke's winning goal in Southampton's last⟳ outing.”

“In August, the Los Angeles-area stalwart the Lab also closed its dance⟳ space, a 12,000-square-foot location in West Covina.”

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