1. [n]  a garment size for a large or heavy person
2. [n]  strong dark heavy-bodied porter
3. [adj]  euphemisms for `fat'; "men are portly and women are stout"
4. [adj]  dependable; "the stalwart citizens at Lexington"; "a stalwart supporter of the UN"; "stout hearts"
5. [adj]  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"

Stout
Michael Lewis, Ph.D., traces the changing view of this popular beer style from a medicinal tonic to its glorified position in today`s beer world. Illustrations and photos throughout.

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1. \Stout\, a. [Compar. {Stouter}; superl. {Stoutest}.] [D.
   stout bold (or OF. estout bold, proud, of Teutonic origin);
   akin to AS. stolt, G. stolz, and perh. to E. stilt.]
   1. Strong; lusty; vigorous; robust; sinewy; muscular; hence,
      firm; resolute; dauntless.
            With hearts stern and stout.          --Chaucer.
            A stouter champion never handled sword. --Shak.
            He lost the character of a bold, stout, magnanimous
            man.                                  --Clarendon.
            The lords all stand To clear their cause, most
            resolutely stout.                     --Daniel.
   2. Proud; haughty; arrogant; hard. [Archaic]
            Your words have been stout against me. --Mal. iii.
                                                  13.
            Commonly . . . they that be rich are lofty and
            stout.                                --Latimer.
   3. Firm; tough; materially strong; enduring; as, a stout
      vessel, stick, string, or cloth.
   4. Large; bulky; corpulent.
   Syn: {Stout}, {Corpulent}, {Portly}.
   Usage: Corpulent has reference simply to a superabundance or
          excess of flesh. Portly implies a kind of stoutness or
          corpulence which gives a dignified or imposing
          appearance. Stout, in our early writers (as in the
          English Bible), was used chiefly or wholly in the
          sense of strong or bold; as, a stout champion; a stout
          heart; a stout resistance, etc. At a later period it
          was used for thickset or bulky, and more recently,
          especially in England, the idea has been carried still
          further, so that Taylor says in his Synonyms: ``The
          stout man has the proportions of an ox; he is
          corpulent, fat, and fleshy in relation to his size.''
          In America, stout is still commonly used in the
          original sense of strong as, a stout boy; a stout
          pole.
   

2. \Stout\, n.
   A strong malt liquor; strong porter.