資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Stalwart \Stal"wart\, Stalworth \Stal"worth\, a. [OE. stalworth,
AS. st[ae]lwyr[eth] serviceable, probably originally, good at
stealing, or worth stealing or taking, and afterwards
extended to other causes of estimation. See {Steal}, v. t.,
{Worth}, a.]
Brave; bold; strong; redoubted; daring; vehement; violent.
``A stalwart tiller of the soil.'' --Prof. Wilson.
Fair man be was and wise, stalworth and bold. --R. of
Brunne.
Note: Stalworth is now disused, or bur little used, stalwart
having taken its place.