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valorous

adjective

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Pronunciation: /ˈvælərəs/

adj

Etymology: From Old French valeureux.

  1. 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.