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Stout

adjective

(compar. stouter; superl. stoutest)

Dependable. Synonym: stalwart. "A stalwart supporter of the UN" , "Stout hearts"

Euphemisms for 'fat'. Synonym: portly.

Having rugged physical strength; inured to fatigue or hardships. Synonyms: hardy, stalwart, sturdy. "Proud of her tall stalwart son" , "Stout seamen" , "Sturdy young athletes"

noun

A strong very dark heavy-bodied ale made from pale malt and roasted unmalted barley and (often) caramel malt with hops.

A garment size for a large or heavy person.

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... the "Causes of the War in Europe," and honours appeared to rest with a small and stout, stolidly "pro-German" girl debater, who had brought with her and translated at sight absa-loot proofs (so she called them), printed in German, that Germany had been attacked by Belgium at the low instigation of the envious English. Everybody ...

— Ramsey Milholland • Booth Tarkington

... A stout squat fellow, rattling with chains, had just taken up the ball of accusation, when Sir Launcelot was startled with the appearance of a woman, whose looks and equipage indicated the most piteous distress. She seemed to be turned of the middle age, was of a lofty carriage, tall, thin, ...

— The Adventures of Sir Launcelot Greaves • Tobias Smollett

... Tay Tay Mohler could stop the ball, but that was no great credit to him, for his hands took no part in the achievement. Tay Tay was fat and the ball seemed to like him. It boomed into his stomach and banged against his stout legs. When Tay saw it coming he dropped on his knees and valorously sacrificed his anatomy to the ...

— The Redheaded Outfield and Other Baseball Stories • Zane Grey

... she was thus a prey to terror and anxiety, her consul's nerves were stout and strong, and he resolutely urged on his march toward Sena, where his colleague Livius and the praetor Porcius were encamped, Hasdrubal's army being in position about half a mile to their north. Nero had sent couriers forward ...

— The Great Events by Famous Historians, Vol. 2 • Various

... non-commissioned staff of the station could not have been included," responded several voices; and all praised the plucky way in which young Carlton had acted, though sorry to lose the services of so valuable a sabre as Arthur was known to be, especially at a time when stout hearts and bold riders were necessary to the salvation of ...

— Vellenaux - A Novel • Edmund William Forrest

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