stalwart

• adj.確固とした、強靭な
• n. 決断力のある人

stalworth以来の綴り変化形、確固たる、毅然とした、stallに相当する、固定した位置、場所、価値、価値。

stalwart

stalwart: [14] The ancestor of stalwart was Old English st?lwierthe. The second half of this compound adjective denoted ‘worth, worthy’, but the precise significance of the first element is not clear. It represents Old English st?l ‘place’, perhaps used here in the metaphorical sense ‘stead’, so that etymologically the word would mean ‘able to stand someone in good stead’.

But st?l itself may have been a contraction of stathol ‘foundation’, so the underlying meaning of the compound could be ‘foundation-worthy’, hence ‘firmly fixed’ (an adjective statholf?st existed in Old English, meaning ‘firm, stable’). South of the border it became stalworth, which had virtually died out by the end of the 17th century. But the Scottish variant stalwart, first recorded in the late 14th century, survived, and was brought into the general language by Sir Walter Scott.

stalwart (adj.)

late 14c., "resolute, determined," Scottish variant of stalworth, from Old English st?lwieree "good, serviceable," probably a contracted compound of staeol "base, foundation, support; stability, security" (from Proto-Germanic *stathlaz, from PIE root *sta- "to stand, set down, make or be firm;" see stet) + wieree "good, excellent, worthy" (see worth). Another theory traces the first element of st?lwieree to Old English st?l "place," from Proto-Germanic *st?laz.

1. Let me introduce Bob，one of the club 's stalwart .

ボブ、クラブの忠実な擁護者を紹介させていただきます.

2.He had a stalwart figure and walked with an air.

彼は体が大きく、歩くと立派だ。

3. Stalwart policemen stood guard outside.

屈強な警官が外で警戒している。

4.I knew I was never in any danger with my stalwart bodyguard around me.

私は強いボディーガードが私の周りにいることを知っていて、私は決して危険ではありません。

5.Moving to Germany，he became a stalwart of the revered Kurt Edelhagen Orchestra.

ドイツに引っ越してから、有名なクルト?エドルハーゲン管弦楽団の忠実な聴衆となった。