stout

Adjective

• having rugged physical strength; inured to fatigue or hardships
  • hardy explorers of northern Canada
    
  • proud of her tall stalwart son
    
  • stout seamen
    
  • sturdy young athletes
    

• euphemisms for `fat'
  • men are portly and women are stout
    

• dependable
  • the stalwart citizens at Lexington
    
  • a stalwart supporter of the UN
    
  • stout hearts
    

Noun

• a garment size for a large or heavy person

• a strong very dark heavy-bodied ale made from pale malt and roasted unmalted barley and (often) caramel malt with hops

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  hardy , stalwart , sturdy , portly