6 senses: 1. solidly built or corpulent 2. resolute or valiant 3. strong, substantial, and robust 4. → See a stout heart 5..... Click for more definitions. STOUT meaning: 1 : thick and strong; 2 : having a large body that is wide with fat or muscles Meaning "strong in body, powerfully built" is attested from First attested in c. 1386, but has been to a large extent displaced by the euphemistic meaning "thick-bodied, fat and large," which is first recorded 1804. Original sense preserved in stout-hearted (1552). The noun "strong, dark-brown beer" is first recorded 1677, from the adjective. Stout can mean fat and solid-looking, strongly made, or determined and strong. It can also be a type of dark, bitter beer. Learn how to use stout in sentences and see translations in different languages.
