different between trusty vs steadfast

English

Etymology

From Middle English trusty, tristy, tresty, equivalent to trust +? -y.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?t??sti/

• Rhymes: -?sti

Adjective

trusty (comparative trustier, superlative trustiest)

1. Reliable or trustworthy.

Noun

trusty (plural trusties)

1. A trusted person, especially a prisoner who has been granted special privileges.
   • 1941, James Howell Street, In my father's house

     We usta have a rule that if a trusty shot an escaping convict, then the trusty would go free.

   • 1953, Raymond Chandler, The Long Goodbye, Penguin 2010, p. 58:

     The cell block is clean and doesn't smell of disinfectant. The trusties do all the work. The supply of trusties is always ample.

Synonyms

• runner (US, dated)

English

Alternative forms

• stedfast (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English stedefast, from Old English stedefæst, from Proto-Germanic *stadifastuz, equivalent to stead (“place; spot; position”) +? fast (“firm; fixed”). Cognate with Middle Dutch stedevast (“steadfast”), Icelandic staðfastur (“steadfast”), Danish stedfast (“firmly attached, secured”), Danish stadfæste (“to confirm; ratify”), Norwegian Bokmål stadfeste (“confirm, ratify; establish”), Swedish stadfästa (“to confirm; establish”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?st?dfæst/

Adjective

steadfast (comparative steadfaster or more steadfast, superlative steadfastest or most steadfast)

1. Fixed or unchanging; steady.
2. Firmly loyal or constant; unswerving.

Derived terms

• steadfastly
• steadfastness

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