"standfast" meaning in English

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        "2": "stand fast"
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      "expansion": "Deverbal from stand fast",
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  "etymology_text": "Deverbal from stand fast.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "standfasts",
      "tags": [
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "name": "English deverbals",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "parents": [],
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Surely there was a conscious weakness in the Spartans, who were always at pains to discipline their men in heroical conduct, and rewarded none save the standfasts."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "One who stands firm, resisting assault or pressure."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "stands firm",
          "stand firm"
        ]
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  "word": "standfast"
}

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "stand fast"
      },
      "expansion": "Deverbal from stand fast",
      "name": "deverbal"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Deverbal from stand fast.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "standfasts",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "standfast (plural standfasts)",
      "name": "en-noun"
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  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Surely there was a conscious weakness in the Spartans, who were always at pains to discipline their men in heroical conduct, and rewarded none save the standfasts."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "One who stands firm, resisting assault or pressure."
      ],
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        [
          "stands firm",
          "stand firm"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "standfast"
}