Stalwart

Stalwart is an adjective synonymous with "strong". It may also refer to:

Relating to people:

  • Stalwart (politics), member of the most patronage-oriented faction of the United States Republican Party in the late 19th century

In ships and military vehicles:

  • HMAS Stalwart, any of several ships in the Australian Navy
  • USS Stalwart, any of several ships in the U.S. Navy
  • RSS Stalwart (72), a formidable class frigate of the Singapore Navy
  • Alvis Stalwart (FV620), a highly mobile amphibious military truck
  • Any of several Stalwart class tactical auxiliary general ocean surveillance ships of the U.S. Navy

Other:

  • Ulmus 'Morton Stalwart', an elm hybrid cultivar tree
  • Stalwart, Michigan, a community in Raber Township
  • Stalwart, Saskatchewan, a hamlet in the Saskatchewan province in Canada.

Famous quotes containing the word stalwart:

    There lived a wife at Usher’s Well,
    And a wealthy wife was she;
    She had three stout and stalwart sons,
    And sent them o’er the sea.
    —Unknown. The Wife of Usher’s Well (l. 1–4)