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stout-hearted

[ stout-hahr-tid ]

/ ˈstaʊtˈhɑr tɪd /

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adjective

brave and resolute; dauntless.

Origin of stout-hearted

First recorded in 1645–55

OTHER WORDS FROM stout-hearted

stout-heart·ed·ly, adverb stout-heart·ed·ness, noun

Words nearby stout-hearted

stour, stourbridge, stourhead, stoush, stout, stout-hearted, stouten, stouthearted, stoutish, stove, stove bolt

Example sentences from the Web for stout-hearted

Also to instill fear of God in stout-hearted men and Asian bankers.

The Buckley Cabinet |Christopher Buckley |November 24, 2008 |DAILY BEAST
Here and there a stout-hearted optimist appeared among them, but his very cheerfulness seemed to offend.

West Wind Drift |George Barr McCutcheon
But the stout-hearted crew, not a whit daunted, coolly set about repairing damages.

Harper's Young People, April 27, 1880 |Various
Many a stout-hearted countryman who would have faced a cannon without shrinking, trembled and turned pale.

Edward Barnett; a Neglected Child of South Carolina, Who Rose to Be a Peer of Great Britain,--and the Stormy Life of His Grandfather, Captain Williams |Tobias Aconite

I always knew he was a brave, stout-hearted, gallant fellow; but that he could feel like this I never imagined.

Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume I. |Charles James Lever
Yet these brave, stout-hearted men continued their march, sustained by their superhuman energy of purpose.

The Field of Ice |Jules Verne