staunch Republican
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- noun
- /stɔntʃ rɪˈpʌblɪkən/
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republicano acérrimo
- "We're staunch Republicans anyway," Smith said.
By the way, the president of the incumbent Hoover was a staunch Republican conservative populist.
- By the way, the president of the incumbent Hoover was a staunch Republican conservative populist.
Examples
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And you don't think for a minute that this staunch Republican is not starting to see how he is being used?
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And I think Jerry Bruckheimer is the main producer; he's also a staunch Republican.
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And, as a staunch Republican with a well-meaning heart, she wrote about local and national politics.
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If you're a staunch Republican who hates Obama, okay, I get it.
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Remember when a staunch Republican like Orin Hatch could work with a Democrat on landmark health care policy?
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By the way, the president of the incumbent Hoover was a staunch Republican conservative populist.
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A staunch Republican and an endorser of presidential candidate Mitt Romney, Christie has crossed the aisle this week and praised President Barack Obama for his support:
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My parents live in the South and are staunch Republicans.
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As a staunch Republican, I say vote this deceitful man out of office!
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For the past three decades, Painter, a self-described staunch Republican, has been the law in Midland County.
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a strong and loyal supporter of the Republican Party' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'staunch' (loyal, unwavering) with 'Republican' (a supporter of the Republican Party). This adjective + party-name construction follows normal modifier–head semantics and is cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Staunch Republican uses staunch, a word that long ago meant 'to stop' blood or water, so people pictured a strong wall that would hold things back. That's why a staunch Republican is someone very firm and 'loyal' to the party.