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staunch

/stɔːntʃ/  ·  say it: stawnch

loyal and committed

In Sophisticated Everyday

In more detail

1. (adjective) loyal and committed to something or someone; not changing your support

2. (adjective) firm and strongly built; solid

3. (verb) to stop the flow of blood from a wound

Examples

• 1. She is a staunch supporter of environmental protection.
• 2. The old house had staunch wooden beams that held for centuries.
• 3. The nurse used a bandage to staunch the bleeding.

Nearby in Sophisticated Everyday

resolute, salient, spurious, superfluous, tacit, tentative