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stalworth |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Stalwart \Stal"wart\, Stalworth \Stal"worth\, a. [OE. stalworth, AS st[ae]lwyr[eth] serviceable, probably originally, good at stealing, or worth stealing or taking, and afterwards extended to other causes of estimation. See {Steal}, v. t., {Worth}, a.] Brave; bold; strong; redoubted; daring; vehement; violent. ``A stalwart tiller of the soil.'' --Prof. Wilson. Fair man be was and wise, stalworth and bold. --R. of Brunne Note: Stalworth is now disused, or bur little used stalwart having taken its place
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