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say it: stawnch
staunch is a verb and adjective meaning "stop the flow of a liquid". It carries 2 recorded senses.
firm and dependable especially in loyalty
“a steadfast ally”
“a staunch defender of free speech”
“unswerving devotion”
“unswerving allegiance”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for staunch come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.