Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Valiant character; bravery; valor.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete The quality or state of being valiant; bravery; valor.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The quality of being
valiant ;heroism ,bravery orvalour .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the qualities of a hero or heroine; exceptional or heroic courage when facing danger (especially in battle)
Etymologies
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Examples
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The joys of the story -- Aang's impish capriciousness, Katara's valiance, Soka's buffoonery, even Uncle Iroh's avuncular charm -- have all been el […] (author unknown)
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The joys of the story -- Aang's impish capriciousness, Katara's valiance, Soka's buffoonery, even Uncle Iroh's avuncular charm -- have all been el […] (author unknown)
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The joys of the story -- Aang's impish capriciousness, Katara's valiance, Soka's buffoonery, even Uncle Iroh's avuncular charm -- have all been el […] (author unknown)
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The joys of the story -- Aang's impish capriciousness, Katara's valiance, Soka's buffoonery, even Uncle Iroh's avuncular charm -- have all been el […] (author unknown)
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The joys of the story -- Aang's impish capriciousness, Katara's valiance, Soka's buffoonery, even Uncle Iroh's avuncular charm -- have all been el […] (author unknown)
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The joys of the story -- Aang's impish capriciousness, Katara's valiance, Soka's buffoonery, even Uncle Iroh's avuncular charm -- have all been el […] (author unknown)
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The joys of the story -- Aang's impish capriciousness, Katara's valiance, Soka's buffoonery, even Uncle Iroh's avuncular charm -- have all been el […] (author unknown)
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No cop has been deemed to have valiance just because he arrested a weak sexagenerian walin 'with a cane, in the latter's house.
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The joys of the story -- Aang's impish capriciousness, Katara's valiance, Soka's buffoonery, even Uncle Iroh's avuncular charm -- have all been el […] (author unknown)
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The joys of the story -- Aang's impish capriciousness, Katara's valiance, Soka's buffoonery, even Uncle Iroh's avuncular charm -- have all been el […] (author unknown)
smoke commented on the word valiance
Really?! Im the first to list this one? O so cynical thesse days, are we...
July 24, 2009
qms commented on the word valiance
The captain’s brief health food dalliance
Provoked the old sea cook’s galley rants.
The oaths and the bitchin’
Just poured from that kitchen.
To enter there proved a tar’s valiance.
December 26, 2017