- strongly and stoutly built; sturdy and robust.
- strong and brave; valiant: a stalwart knight.
- firm, steadfast, or uncompromising: a stalwart supporter of the U.N.
- a physically stalwart person.
- a steadfast or uncompromising partisan: They counted on the party stalwarts for support in the off-year campaigns.
- a conservative Republican in the 1870s and 1880s, especially one opposed to civil service and other reforms during the administrations of presidents Rutherford B. Hayes and James A. Garfield.
- strong and sturdy; robust
- solid, dependable, and courageous
- resolute and firm
- a stalwart person, esp a supporter
