Definitions for staunch

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Spelling: [stawnch]
IPA: /stɔntʃ/

Staunch is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 201 anagrams from letters in staunch (achnstu).

Definitions for staunch

adjective

  1. firm or steadfast in principle, adherence, loyalty, etc., as a person:
  2. characterized by firmness, steadfastness, or loyalty:
  3. strong; substantial:
  4. impervious to water or other liquids; watertight:

verb (used with or without object), noun

  1. stanch1 .

Origin of staunch

1375-1425; late Middle English sta(u)nch Middle French estanche (feminine), estanc (masculine), derivative of estancher to stanch1

Examples for staunch

If you ever acted like staunch fellows, you will do so to-day.

There was the corner grocer, too, with whom I pretended to be staunch friends.

Greste has also taken a stand in prison as a staunch critic of what has transpired.

He delivered a staunch anti-drug speech to a crowd of 1,100 students.

Pee-wee's loyalty was so staunch that he did not even consider the things his aunt had said.

The staunch old gentleman was still in his trust; had never left it.

It seemed that I, a staunch feminist, had found myself in the epicenter of macho culture.

Two years ago, lawmakers in this staunch pro-labor stronghold passed anti-union right-to-work laws.

Decimus Saxon is staunch, though, and that word shall never be spoken.'

Turkey has been a candidate to the European Union since 1999 and a staunch NATO partner since 1952.

Word Value for staunch
Scrable

12

Words with friends

14

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