Valorous
['vælərəs]
Definition
(a.) Possessing or exhibiting valor; brave; courageous; valiant; intrepid.
Editor: Stu
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Valiant.
Typist: Pierce
Examples
- Ay, reverend valorous sir, stammered poor Isaac, and whatsoever ransom a poor man may pay for her deliverance--- Peace! Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- To your valorous wounds. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Look at your valorous conduct in asking to go always to the first line. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- He speaks no English and vanishes as quickly and as mysteriously after he has performed some valorous deed, as though he were a disembodied spirit. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
Typist: Pierce