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_les braves des braves_, wage no war against women; _au contraire_, we love the pretty creatures.

The Idler in France Marguerite Blessington 1819

The Asiatic infantry -- notwithstanding their proud title of "braves" -- proved to be worthless; the Greek mercenaries were personally courageous, but their inferior arms and training rendered them incapable of coping with the Macedonian phalanx.

The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 5. (of 7): Persia The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations. George Rawlinson 1857

Thirty thousand Greek mercenaries formed the centre of the line, while on either side of them were an equal number of Asiatic "braves" -- picked probably from the mass of the army.

The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 5. (of 7): Persia The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations. George Rawlinson 1857

He screamed his war cry as he ran, calling the braves to arms.

Spirited Nancy Holder 2004

He screamed his war cry as he ran, calling the braves to arms.

Spirited Nancy Holder 2004

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Upon finding that his daughter and her lover had gone to the Hill of the Spirits, and that Shongotongo did not return from his perilous adventure, the chief of the Mahas had recalled his braves from the pursuit, and was listening to the history of the pair, as far as the returned warriors were acquainted with it, when his daughter and her lover made their appearance.

Folk-Lore and Legends: North American Indian Anonymous

When they came to a village they called the braves together.

This Country of Ours: The Story of the United States Henrietta Elizabeth 1917

One day in the time of the gathering of maize, when the brown hills shivered with the first frost, the voice of a crier was heard through the village calling the braves to battle, for the big chief of the Omahas would lead a war party against the Sioux.

The End of the Dream 1905