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  • adjective Alternative form of valorous.

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Examples

  • This is why, when a soldier does do something so valourous that it's considered worthy of a VC, he or she is always surprised about getting one.

    Archive 2007-03-01 2007

  • This is why, when a soldier does do something so valourous that it's considered worthy of a VC, he or she is always surprised about getting one.

    Nobody Wants 2007

  • Well maybe Billy Boy in true valourous fashion will send out his chief flunky Dave Gravity is the strongest force Scott to stand in for him!

    British rule creationism out of science lessons - The Panda's Thumb 2006

  • Lying in the scrub in front of that nocturnal tower I felt Francesco at my side and knew that Phaedrus was right in believing that a lover is more valourous with his beloved at his side.

    Captain Corelli's Mandolin De Bernieres, Louis 2003

  • Syche dothe thie valourous actes drocke [42] eche knyghte's hue.

    The Rowley Poems Thomas Chatterton

  • Thie valourous actes woulde meinte [38] of menne astounde;

    The Rowley Poems Thomas Chatterton

  • Hys gentle wordes dyd moove eche valourous knyghte;

    The Rowley Poems Thomas Chatterton

  • And at intervals of each yojana are hundred gates with arches which are defended by valourous heroes engaged in guarding them.

    The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated into English Prose Sabha Parva Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli

  • As greate yn valourous actes, & yn commande as thee.

    The Rowley Poems Thomas Chatterton

  • And placeyng valourous menne where draffs mote goe.

    The Rowley Poems Thomas Chatterton

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