Definition of Staunchest

1. Adjective. (superlative of staunch) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Staunchest

1. staunch [adj] - See also: staunch

Lexicographical Neighbors of Staunchest

statutory-rape
statutory declaration
statutory declarations
statutory law
statutory offence
statutory offense
statutory rapes
stau
staumrel
staumrels
staunch
staunched
stauncher
staunches
staunchest (current term)
staunching
staunchly
staunchness
staunchnesses
staurikosaur
staurikosaurus
staurobaryte
staurolite
staurolites
staurolitic
stauroscope
stauroscopes
staurosporine
staurotide

Literary usage of Staunchest

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Biographical Sketch of Henry A. Wise: With a History of the Political by James Pinkney Hambleton (1856)
"... that foreigners at the North stand aloof from the Abolition movement, and that the staunchest Democratic anti-Abolition States of that section of the ..."

2. The Writings in Prose and Verse of Rudyard Kipling by Rudyard Kipling (1899)
"-was the staunchest of our fleet Till the sea rose beneath our feet Unheralded, in hatred past all measure. Into his pits he stamped my crew, Buffeted, ..."

3. History of Michigan by Charles Moore (1915)
"Politically a Republican, he has taken an active part in local affairs, and is known as one his party's staunchest and sturdiest workers. ..."

4. Biographia Hibernica: A Biographical Dictionary of the Worthies of Ireland by Richard Ryan (1821)
"He was one of the staunchest opponents of the Beresford influence ; strenuously resisted the Union; and was afterwards dignified with a British peerage, ..."

5. Parliamentary Debates by Legislature, Mid-western Nigeria (1876)
"It had been broadly stated that there had been many cases of corruption in the Government rewarding their staunchest supporters by appointing them to ..."

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