stalon1t

A Middle English form of stallion. stalon2t, n. An old spelling of stall on. stalwart (stål'wart), a. and n. [Prop. a Sc. form of stalworth, with a imilation of the vowel of the second element to that of the first, and an alteration, perhaps orig. dialectal, of the orig. final sequence -rth to -rt (as, conversely, orig. -rt changes to -rth in swarth, swarthy): see stalworth.] I. a. 1. Stout; strong: applied to inanimate objects. [Scotch.] -2. Hard; severe. [Scotch.]-3. Stormy; tempestuous. [Scotch.]-4. Stout; sturdy; strong; bold; brave. See stalworth. [Scotch; now also the form regularly used in Eng. and U. S.] It's neer be said, my stalwart feres, We kill'd him whan a sleiping. Sir James the Rose (Child's Ballads, III. 75). Of the European sailors, by far the most reliable were five stalwart A. B.s. Chambers's Journal , No. 627. 5. Sturdy and steadfast in partizanship: in U. S. politics [ cap.], noting various sections of the Republican party. See the phrase. The epithet Stalwart as applied to a cla 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. In the present contest at Albany it has by a curious transformation been appropriated by the followers of Mr. Conkling to distinguish politicians faithful to his Machine. The Nation June 16, 1881. Stalwart Republican, in U. S. hist ., a decided or Sughing member of the Republican party; specifically, a member of that wing of the Republican party in the State of New York which in 1880 advocated the renomination of Grant as President for a third term and in 1881 supported Roscoe Conkling in his opposition to the administration of Garfield, and antagonized the "Half-Breeds" in 1881 and following years. Syn. 4. Stout, Sturdy, etc. (see robust ), sinewy, brawny, muscular, strapping, powerful, valorous, resolute. II. n. 1. A strong or sturdy person. His opinion is not favourable, Emin's stalwarts , whose praises had been so loudly trumpeted in Europe, proving to be for the most part brutal ruffians and abject cravens in the presence of danger. The Academy, Jan. 3, 1891. 2. A stout and steadfast partizan; specifically [ cap.], same as Stalwart Republican. See above. stalwartht, a. Same as stalworth, stalwart. stalwart ism (stalwart-izm), n. [ stalwartly (stal'wart-li), adv. [