stalwart

Loyal and resolute.

Strong and imposing.

One who steadfastly supports an organization or cause.

An ascetic, dogmatic, and strenuous person: noting a social type.

Stout; strong: applied to inanimate objects. [Scotch.]

Hard; severe.

Stormy; tempestuous.

Stout; sturdy; strong; bold; brave. See stalworth.

Sturdy and steadfast in partizanship: in United States politics [capitalized], noting various sections of the Republican party. See the phrase.

Synonyms Stout, Sturdy, etc. (see robust), sinewy, brawny, muscular, strapping, powerful, valorous, resolute.