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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

STOUT, a.
1. Strong; lusty.
A stouter champion never handled sword.
2. Bold; intrepid; valiant; brave.
He lost the character of a bold, stout, magnanimous man.
3. Large; bulky. [A popular use of the word.]
4. Proud; resolute; obstinate.
The lords all stand to clear their cause, most resolutely stout.
5. Strong; firm; as a stout vessel.
STOUT, n. A cant name for strong beer.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: dependable; "the stalwart citizens at Lexington"; "a stalwart supporter of the UN"; "stout hearts" [syn: stalwart, stout]
2: euphemisms for `fat'; "men are portly and women are stout" [syn: portly, stout]
3: having rugged physical strength; inured to fatigue or hardships; "hardy explorers of northern Canada"; "proud of her tall stalwart son"; "stout seamen"; "sturdy young athletes" [syn: hardy, stalwart, stout, sturdy] n
1: a strong very dark heavy-bodied ale made from pale malt and roasted unmalted barley and (often) caramel malt with hops
2: a garment size for a large or heavy person

Merriam Webster's

I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French estut, estout, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German stolz proud; perhaps akin to Old High German stelza stilt — more at stilt Date: 14th century 1. strong of character: as a. brave, bold b. firm, determined; also obstinate, uncompromising 2. physically or materially strong: a. sturdy, vigorous b. staunch, enduring c. sturdily constructed ; substantial 3. forceful <a stout attack>; also violent <a stout wind> 4. bulky in body ; fat Synonyms: see strong • stoutish adjective • stoutly adverb • stoutness noun II. noun Date: 1677 1. a very dark full-bodied ale with a distinctive malty flavor 2. a. a fat person b. a clothing size designed for the large figure

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. & n. --adj. 1 rather fat; corpulent; bulky. 2 of considerable thickness or strength (a stout stick). 3 brave, resolute, vigorous (a stout fellow; put up stout resistance). --n. a strong dark beer brewed with roasted malt or barley. Phrases and idioms: a stout heart courage, resolve. stout-hearted courageous. stout-heartedly courageously. stout-heartedness courage. Derivatives: stoutish adj. stoutly adv. stoutness n. Etymology: ME f. AF & dial. OF stout f. WG, perh. rel. to STILT

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Stout Stout, a. [Compar. Stouter; superl. Stoutest.] [D. stout bold (or OF. estout bold, proud, of Teutonic origin); akin to AS. stolt, G. stolz, and perh. to E. stilt.] 1. Strong; lusty; vigorous; robust; sinewy; muscular; hence, firm; resolute; dauntless. With hearts stern and stout. --Chaucer. A stouter champion never handled sword. --Shak. He lost the character of a bold, stout, magnanimous man. --Clarendon. The lords all stand To clear their cause, most resolutely stout. --Daniel. 2. Proud; haughty; arrogant; hard. [Archaic] Your words have been stout against me. --Mal. iii. 13. Commonly . . . they that be rich are lofty and stout. --Latimer. 3. Firm; tough; materially strong; enduring; as, a stout vessel, stick, string, or cloth. 4. Large; bulky; corpulent. Syn: Stout, Corpulent, Portly. Usage: Corpulent has reference simply to a superabundance or excess of flesh. Portly implies a kind of stoutness or corpulence which gives a dignified or imposing appearance. Stout, in our early writers (as in the English Bible), was used chiefly or wholly in the sense of strong or bold; as, a stout champion; a stout heart; a stout resistance, etc. At a later period it was used for thickset or bulky, and more recently, especially in England, the idea has been carried still further, so that Taylor says in his Synonyms: ``The stout man has the proportions of an ox; he is corpulent, fat, and fleshy in relation to his size.'' In America, stout is still commonly used in the original sense of strong as, a stout boy; a stout pole.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Stout Stout, n. A strong malt liquor; strong porter.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(stouter, stoutest) 1. A stout person is rather fat. He was a tall, stout man with gray hair. ADJ 2. Stout shoes, branches, or other objects are thick and strong. I hope you've both got stout shoes... ...a stout oak door. = sturdy ADJ 3. If you use stout to describe someone's actions, attitudes, or beliefs, you approve of them because they are strong and determined. He produced a stout defence of the car business... = robust ADJ [approval] • stoutly She stoutly defended her husband during the trial. ...stoutly anti-imperialist nations. ADV: ADV with v, ADV adj

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. 1. Strong, sinewy, brawny, athletic, lusty, robust, sturdy, stalwart, vigorous, ablebodied. 2. Brave, valiant, valorous, intrepid, bold, manful, manly, resolute, gallant, firm, indomitable, hardy, courageous, dauntless, doughty. 3. Proud, resolute, obstinate, stubborn, contumacious. 4. Firm, strong, solid, strongly built, hardy, compact, sturdy, stanch. 5. Large, corpulent, obese, strapping, bouncing, portly, chubby, jolly, burly, plump, fat, in good case, thick-set.

Moby Thesaurus

adamantine, adipose, athletic, beefy, big, big-bellied, bloated, blowzy, bold, bold-spirited, bosomy, bouncing, brave, brawny, bulky, burly, buxom, chivalric, chivalrous, chubby, chunky, corpulent, courageous, dauntless, dense, distended, doughty, dumpy, durable, enduring, fat, fattish, fearless, firm, firm as Gibraltar, fleshy, flush, forceful, forcible, forcy, full, full-blooded, full-strength, gallant, greathearted, gross, gutsy, gutty, hale, hale and hearty, hard, hard as nails, hardy, healthy, hearty, heavy, heavyset, hefty, heroic, herolike, hippy, hulking, husky, imposing, indomitable, infrangible, intrepid, invincible, iron-hard, ironhearted, knightlike, knightly, lasting, lionhearted, lusty, made of iron, manful, manly, massive, meaty, mighty, nervy, obese, obstinate, overweight, paunchy, plenitudinous, plucky, plump, podgy, portly, potbellied, potent, powerful, pudgy, puffy, puissant, pursy, red-blooded, resolute, rigid, robust, robustious, robustuous, roly-poly, rotund, rude, rugged, soldierlike, soldierly, solid, sound, square, squat, squatty, stable, stalwart, staunch, steadfast, steady, steely, stocky, stouthearted, strapping, strong, strong as brandy, strong as strong, strong-willed, sturdy, substantial, swollen, tenacious, thick-bodied, thickset, top-heavy, tough, tubby, unbreakable, undaunted, unyielding, valiant, valorous, vigorous, vital, weighty, well-built, well-constructed, well-fed, well-founded, well-grounded, well-made