Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Brave; courageous.
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- adjective
brave ,courageous andplucky - adjective
stubborn
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Examples
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Every stouthearted Englishman wants to believe that his home is his castle, but I suspect people feel better protected against danger in other places.
Secret History of Elizabeth Tudor, Vampire Slayer Lucy Weston 2011
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Yet when circumstances warrant—and they often will—compromise will be the considered choice of the steely-eyed and stouthearted.
The Myth of Conservative Purity Peter Berkowitz 2011
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Every stouthearted Englishman wants to believe that his home is his castle, but I suspect people feel better protected against danger in other places.
Secret History of Elizabeth Tudor, Vampire Slayer Lucy Weston 2011
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Now that IT appears to have visited that particular New World, more and more stouthearted explorers are itching to move on again -- and client virtualization appears to be a logical destination.
Making sense of client virtualization By Patrick Sullivan, solution marketing manager, CDW 2010
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If it did, at least here there was readiness, and enough stouthearted forest folk to put up a good defence.
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Very pioneering started by stouthearted feminists trying to improve the lot of women.
Mixed up Moussaka and other stuff Jes 2009
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I have no problem with needles or blood, but sticking someone you love in the stomach with a four-inch syringe is unnerving, even for the most stouthearted amateur nurse.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Cancer Book Jack Canfield 2009
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I have no problem with needles or blood, but sticking someone you love in the stomach with a four-inch syringe is unnerving, even for the most stouthearted amateur nurse.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Cancer Book Jack Canfield 2009
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The Queen Mum is a stouthearted example of what royalty used to be good for.
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The same aria is used in another ad for athletic shoes, sung to visuals of stouthearted runners straining heroically toward a finish line.
Does reading on the internet count as reading? Ann Althouse 2008
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