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–noun

1.	exceptional valor, bravery, or ability, esp. in combat or battle.

2.	exceptional or superior ability, skill, or strength: his prowess as a public speaker.

3.	a valiant or daring deed.

[Origin: 1250–1300; ME < OF proesse, proece goodness, bravery, equiv. to prou prow² + -esse < L -itia -ice

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—Related forms

prowessed, adjective

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n.

Superior skill or ability.
Superior strength, courage, or daring, especially in battle.

[Middle English prowesse, from Old French proesse, from prud, prou, brave; see proud.]

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prowess

c.1290, prouesse, from O.Fr. proece (Fr. prouesse), from prou, variant of prud "brave, valiant," from V.L. *prodem (cf. Sp. proeza, It. prodezza; see proud). Prow was in M.E. as a noun meaning "advantage, profit," also as a related adj., but it has become obsolete.

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prowess
noun
a superior skill that you can learn by study and practice and observation; "the art of conversation"; "it's quite an art" [syn: art]

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prowess [ˈprauis] noun

skill or ability
Example: athletic prowess

Arabic:	بَراعَه، مَهارَة، قُدْرَه
Chinese (Simplified):	技能
Chinese (Traditional):	技能
Czech:	zdatnost, obratnost
Danish:	overlegenhed
Dutch:	bekwaamheid
Estonian:	meisterlikkus, osavus
Finnish:	taituruus
French:	prouesse
German:	die Tüchtigkeit
Greek:	δεινότητα, ικανότητα
Hungarian:	képesség
Icelandic:	hæfni, hæfileiki
Indonesian:	kemahiran
Italian:	prodezza

Japanese:	腕前
Korean:	훌륭한 솜씨, 능력
Latvian:	veiklība; prasme
Lithuanian:	meistriškumas
Norwegian:	overlegen dyktighet
Polish:	sprawność
Portuguese (Brazil):	destreza, proeza
Portuguese (Portugal):	proeza
Romanian:	abilitate
Russian:	мастерство, умение
Slovak:	zdatnosť
Slovenian:	sposobnost
Spanish:	proeza
Swedish:	skicklighet
Turkish:	yetenek, ustalık

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Prowess

Prow"ess\, n. [OF. proece, proesce, F. prouesse. See Prow, a.] Distinguished bravery; valor; especially, military bravery and skill; gallantry; intrepidity; fearlessness. --Chaucer. Sir P. Sidney.

He by his prowess conquered all France. --Shak.

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