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# staunch

«staunch» in Mova's school dictionary: **loyal and firm, never letting a friend or cause down** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (staunch, staunch-er, staunch-est)

### meaning for a pupil

Staunch means loyal and firm, never letting a friend or cause down. A staunch friend stays with you when things go wrong. (A bit old-fashioned.) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/staunch/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in stories a staunch friend or helper keeps faithful to the hero, even in danger

### examples

- She is a staunch friend. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/staunch/#x1)
- The hero welcomed his staunch young friend warmly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/staunch/#x2)
- Our staunchest supporter came to every match. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/staunch/#x3)
- He stayed staunch even when everyone laughed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/staunch/#x4)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «staunch» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/staunch/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.