Valiant Definition

vălyənt
adjective
Full of or characterized by valor or courage; brave.
Webster's New World
Resolute; determined.
Made a valiant effort.
Webster's New World
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Origin of Valiant

  • Middle English from Old French vaillant from Latin valēns valent- present participle of valēre to be strong wal- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Old French vailant, from Latin valens, from valere 'to be strong'.

    From Wiktionary

Valiant Sentence Examples

  • Ali was a valiant man, but had no great talent as a ruler.

  • Now he evaded them, now he and his valiant brother Edward surprised and cut them up in detail, doing miracula, says a contemporary English chronicler.

  • On the 28th of July Peterwardein, after a valiant resistance, was blown into the air.

  • Lord Rivers is spoken of by Commines as "un tresgentil chevalier," and by Sir Thomas More as "a right honourable man, as valiant of hand as politic in counsel."

  • Sayyar, a valiant soldier who had grown grey in war, and who, besides all his other capacities, was an excellent poet.

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Words Starting With

VVAVAL

Words Ending With

TNTANT

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