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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Courageous \Cour*a"geous\ (k?r-?"j?s), a. [F. courageux.]
Possessing, or characterized by courage; brave; bold.
With this victory, the women became most courageous and
proud, and the men waxed . . . fearful and desperate.
--Stow.
Syn: Gallant; brave; bold; daring; valiant; valorous; heroic;
intrepid; fearless; hardy; stout; adventurous;
enterprising. See {Gallant}.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
courageous
adj : possessing or displaying courage; able to face and deal with
danger or fear without flinching; "Familiarity with
danger makes a brave man braver but less daring"-
Herman Melville; "a frank courageous heart...triumphed
over pain"- William Wordsworth"; "set a courageous
example by leading them safely into and out of
enemy-held territory" [syn: {brave}, {fearless}] [ant:
{cowardly}]
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