staunch

1. Synonym of afterdamp (“suffocating gases present in a coal mine after an explosion caused by firedamp”).

2. (obsolete)That which stanches or checks a flow.

3. That which stanches or checks a flow.

   (archaic, obsolete, specifically)A plant or substance which stops the flow of blood; a styptic.

4. (obsolete)An act of stanching or stopping.

1. Tom is a staunch conservative.

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2. Tom became a staunch conservative.

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3. My great aunt was a staunch teetotaler.

   deMeine Großtante war eine eingefleischte Anti-Alkoholikerin. — MUIRIEL

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4. My great aunt was a staunch teetotaller.

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5. I am a staunch supporter of linguistic purism.

   deIch bin ein standhafter Unterstützer der sprachlichen Reinheit. — Yorwba

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