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tower of strength

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Noun1.tower of strengthtower of strength - a person who can be relied on to give a great deal of support and comfort
pillar of strength
sponsor, supporter, patron - someone who supports or champions something
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The dressers, often inexperienced or nervous, found her a tower of strength.
Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context
I thought of the other Societies, too numerous to mention, all built up on this man as on a tower of strength.
The Moonstone by Collins, Wilkie View in context
It cost us Argives dear enough to lose such a tower of strength as you were to us.
The Odyssey by Homer View in context
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