Counterstand
Pronunciation : Coun"ter*stand` (-st
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: Resistance; opposition; a stand against. Making counterstand to Robert Guiscard. Longfellow.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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