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Definition of Staunchest
1. staunch [adj] - See also: staunch
Lexicographical Neighbors of Staunchest
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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