Category:Stalwart

Stal"wart, stal"worth, a. Etym: [oe. stalworth, as. stælwyrth 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.]

Defn: 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.