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staunch
a staunch defender of free speech |
firm and dependable especially in loyalty
More rarely, staunch can mean water-tight as for a ship that does not leak. Staunch is also sometimes used to mean stanch (to stop the flow of something—especially blood), but stanch is the generally recommended word for that meaning. |
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