What is the meaning of Staunch?

Not permitting water or some other liquid to escape or penetrate; watertight.

  1. Impermeable to air or other gases; airtight.

    Impermeable to air or other gases; airtight.

    Strongly built; also, in good or strong condition.

    1. Staying true to one's aims or principles; firm, resolute, unswerving.

      Staying true to one's aims or principles; firm, resolute, unswerving.

      Dependable, loyal, reliable, trustworthy.

      Of a hunting dog: that can be depended on to pick up the scent of, or to mark, game.

      Cautious, restrained.

      Stubborn, intransigent.

      Alternative spelling of stanch

      That which stanches or checks a flow.

      1. A plant or substance which stops the flow of blood; a styptic.

      A plant or substance which stops the flow of blood; a styptic.

      An act of stanching or stopping.

      Synonym of afterdamp (suffocating gases present in a coal mine after an explosion caused by firedamp)

      Alternative spelling of stanch (a floodgate by which water is accumulated, for floating a boat over a shallow part of a stream by its release; also, a dam or lock in a river)

      Source: wiktionary.org