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adj. Sturdy, strong, well-built.

adj. Brave, courageous.

Steadfast; firm-based.

Stout; strong; sturdy: used of things and men or animals, in a merely physical sense.

Stout; sturdy; brave; bold: noting men, with reference to strength and courage.

"Seven stalworth men shoot out from among a mass of rags on the floor, and with dark, wandering eyes, and massive, uncombed beards, commence in their native Italian a series of interrogatories, not one of which the detective can understand."