stalwart

(stôl'wərt)
adj.

1. Having or marked by imposing physical strength.
2. Firm and resolute; stout.

n.

1. One who is physically and morally strong.
2. One who steadfastly supports an organization or cause: party stalwarts.

[Middle English, alteration of stalworth, from Old English stǣlwierthe, serviceable, probably alteration of *statholwierthe, steadfast : stathol, foundation; see staddle + weorth, valuable.]

stalwartly stal'wart·ly adv.
stalwartness stal'wart·ness n.

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adjective

Capable of exerting considerable effort or of withstanding considerable stress or hardship: hardy, stout, strong, sturdy, tough. See strong/weak.

adj

Definition: strong, valiant
Antonyms: cowardly, meek, unreliable, weak

Stalwarts, a term applied to a conservative faction of the Republican Party during the Gilded Age. Led by Senator Roscoe Conkling of New York, they supported black male suffrage in the South and opposed the civil-service reform program of Rutherford B. Hayes's administration. Although the Stalwarts were unsuccessful in securing Ulysses S. Grant's nomination for a third presidential term in 1880, the assassination of James Garfield in 1881 elevated to the presidency Chester A. Arthur, the last Stalwart to hold the office. After Conkling's retirement from politics in the 1880s, the designation soon passed out of use.

Bibliography

Foner, Eric. Reconstruction: America's Unfinished Revolution, 1863– 1877. New York: Harper and Row, 1988.

Jordan, David M. Roscoe Conkling of New York: Voice in the Senate. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 1971.

A description of companies that have large capitalizations and provide investors with slow but steady and dependable growth prospects.  

Investopedia Says:
The annual gain that would be viewed as the norm for investing in stalwarts is about 10% to 12%. Stalwarts will by no means become tenbaggers overnight, mainly because of their large capitalization, but they are usually a good source of fairly predictable returns.  

Peter Lynch popularized this term in his book "One Up on Wall Street," where he shows that the price chart of a stalwart compares neither to a topographic map of Delaware nor to one of Mount Everest, but assumes a place somewhere in the middle. 

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IN BRIEF: Brave and resolute.

The stalwart soldier continued to march through the night.

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - drabelig, solid, kraftig, modig, støt, gæv
n. - kraftkarl

Nederlands (Dutch)
stevig, beslist

Français (French)
adj. - loyal, inconditionnel, vaillant
n. - fidèle

Deutsch (German)
n. - treuer Anhänger
adj. - treu

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - παλικάρι, λεβέντης
adj. - λεβέντικος, παλικαρίσιος

Italiano (Italian)
sostenitore, gagliardo

Português (Portuguese)
n. - pessoa que defende uma organização dedicadamente

Русский (Russian)
стойкий приверженец, крепыш, крепкий, решительный, отважный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - fuerte, robusto, leal, fiel
n. - persona fornida, partidario incondicional

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - ståndaktig anhängare
adj. - stor o stark, handfast, duktig

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
健壮的, 坚定的, 坚决的, 结实的, 勇敢的, 英勇的, 健壮的人, 忠实成员, 坚定分子

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 健壯的, 堅定的, 堅決的, 結實的, 勇敢的, 英勇的
n. - 健壯的人, 忠實成員, 堅定分子

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 굵직하고 튼튼한, 용감한, 굳센
n. - 몸집이 건장한 사람, 확고 부동한 당원

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 忠実な党員
adj. - 強く頑丈な, 意志の堅い, 忠実な

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) عضو مخلص لحزب سياسي (صفه) صنديد, شديد البأس,‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮חזק, חסון, מוצק, איתן, שרירי, חסיד, תומך, נאמן‬
n. - ‮תומך נאמן ומסור‬

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