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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Redoubtable  \Re*doubt"a*ble\  (-?*b'l),  a.  [F.  redoutable, 
  formerly  also  spelt  redoubtable.] 
  Formidable;  dread;  terrible  to  foes;  as  a  redoubtable  hero; 
  hence  valiant;  --  often  in  contempt  or  burlesque.  [Written 
  also  {redoutable}.] 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  redoubtable 
  adj  1:  inspiring  fear;  "the  formidable  prospect  of  major  surgery"; 
  "a  tougher  and  more  redoubtable  adversary  than  the 
  heel-clicking,  jackbooted  fanatic"-  G.H.Johnston; 
  "something  unnerving  and  prisonlike  about  high  gray 
  wall"  [syn:  {formidable},  {unnerving}] 
  2:  having  or  worthy  of  pride;  "redoubtable  scholar  of  the 
  Renaissance";  "born  of  a  redoubtable  family"  [syn:  {glorious}, 
  {illustrious},  {respected}] 




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