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1. Having rugged physical strength; inured to fatigue or hardships
   "hardy explorers of northern Canada"
   - stalwart, stout, sturdy
    
2. Able to survive under unfavourable weather conditions
   "strawberries are hardy and easy to grow"; "camels are tough and hardy creatures"
    
3. Invulnerable to fear or intimidation
   - audacious, brave, dauntless, fearless, intrepid, unfearing
    
4. Resolute and without fear
   - doughty

1. English novelist and poet (1840-1928)
   - Thomas Hardy
    
2. United States slapstick comedian who played the pompous and overbearing member of the Laurel and Hardy duo who made many films (1892-1957)
   - Oliver Hardy

Derived forms: hardiest, hardier

See also: bold, hardiness, robust

Type of: author, comedian, comic, writer

Part of: Laurel and Hardy

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