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Bravery
is always a great word to know.
So is slumgullion. Does it mean:
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
Example Sentences
- He said she had taught him honor, loyalty and bravery.
- The rewards for this bravery and cunning are accolades and bricks, sometimes both, and no good deed goes unpunished.
- Even a little bravery on this subject would be welcome.
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World English Dictionary
| brave (breɪv) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | a. having or displaying courage, resolution, or daring; not cowardly or timid |
| b. (as collective noun preceded by the): the brave | |
| 2. | fine; splendid: a brave sight; a brave attempt |
| 3. | archaic excellent or admirable |
| —n | |
| 4. | a warrior of a Native American tribe |
| 5. | an obsolete word for bully |
| —vb | |
| 6. | to dare or defy: to brave the odds |
| 7. | to confront with resolution or courage: to brave the storm |
| 8. | obsolete to make splendid, esp in dress |
| [C15: from French, from Italian bravo courageous, wild, perhaps ultimately from Latin barbarus | |
| 'bravely | |
| —adv | |
| 'braveness | |
| —n | |
| 'bravery | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
bravery
1540s, "daring, defiance, boasting," from Fr. braverie, from braver "to brave" (see brave) or else from cognate It. braveria, from bravare.
EXPAND"No Man is an Atheist, however he pretend it and serve the Company with his Braveries." [Donne, 1631]As a good quality, attested from 1580s. Meaning "fine clothes" is from 1560s and holds the older sense.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Easton
Bible Dictionary
Bravery definition
(Isa. 3:18), an old English word meaning comeliness or beauty.
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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