staunch
adjective/stɔːntʃ/
/stɔːntʃ/
(comparative stauncher, superlative staunchest)
You can also use more staunch and most staunch.- always showing strong support in your opinions and attitude synonym faithful
- a staunch supporter of the monarchy
- one of the president’s staunchest allies
- a staunch Catholic
Oxford Collocations DictionaryStaunch is used with these nouns:- advocate
- ally
- believer
- …
Word Originadjective and adverb late Middle English (in the sense ‘watertight’): from Old French estanche, feminine of estanc, from a Romance base meaning ‘dried up, weary’. The current sense dates from the early 17th cent.Definitions on the go
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