staunch
/stɔn(t)ʃ/ noun C2- Synonym of afterdamp (“suffocating gases present in a coal mine after an explosion caused by firedamp”).
Plural staunches
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He was—nay, probably may still be—a Bonapartist, and is called Noirtier; I, on the contrary, am a staunch royalist, and style myself de Villefort.
But Godfrey is a fine lad—a staunch lad.
“Pompey is the pride of the local draghounds—no very great flier, as his build will show, but a staunch hound on a scent.
“An old gentleman,” continued the concierge, “a staunch follower of the Bourbons; he had an only daughter, who married M.
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