valorous
adjective
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Pronunciation: /ˈvælərəs/
adj
Etymology: From Old French valeureux.
- Having or displaying valour.
“c. 1490, William Caxton (translator), The Boke of Eneydos, Westminster, Preface, this present booke compyled by virgyle ryght subtyl and Ingenyous oratour & poete Intytuled Eneydos hath be translated oute of latyn in to comyn langage In whiche may alle valyaunt prynces and other nobles see many valorous fayttes of armes.”
“[…] he esteems himself happy that he hath fallen into the hands of one, as he thinks, the most brave, valorous, and thrice-worthy signieur of England.”