stamina Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun enduring strength and energy
    toughness; staying power.
  2. noun the male reproductive organ of a flower
    stamen.

WordNet

Stam"i*na noun plural
Definitions
  1. See Stamen.
Stam"i*na noun plural
Definitions
  1. The fixed, firm part of a body, which supports it or gives it strength and solidity; as, the bones are the stamina of animal bodies; the ligneous parts of trees are the stamina which constitute their strength.
  2. Whatever constitutes the principal strength or support of anything; power of endurance; backbone; vigor; as, the stamina of a constitution or of life; the stamina of a State.
    He succeeded to great captains who had sapped the whole stamina and resistance of the contest. De Quincey.

Webster 1913