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"text": "A valiant man’s look is more than a coward’s sword.",
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"ref": "1560, Thomas Cooper, “To the Ryght Honorable Lorde Russell Erle of Bedforde, and One of the Queenes Maiesties Moste Honorable Counsell: Thomas Cooper Wisheth Longe Continuance of Prosperous Life and Muche Honour.”, in Coopers Chronicle, Conteininge the Whole Discourse of the Histories as well of This Realme, as All Other Countreis, […], new edition, London: […] [in the house late Thomas Berthelettes], →OCLC",
"text": "For by readyng of hiſtories fyrſte we know how longe time mightie empyres, great kyngedomes, famous common weales and citees haue floriſhed: how many yeres noble prynces, valiant capitaynes, and wyſe gouernours haue reigned: in what age they were, which was before other, and how farre diſtante in tyme one from an other.",
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"ref": "1718, [Maurice Shelton or John Randall], “Of the First Roman Nobility”, in An Historical and Critical Essay on the True Rise of Nobility, Political and Civil; […], London: […] C[harles] Rivington […], →OCLC, page 51",
"text": "But admit that good Men are begotten of good Parents, and valiant Men of valiant Fathers; and if this be to Mankind proper, why are not good and valiant Children begotten of good and valiant common Perſons also? for they are Men as well as the other. But nothing is more deceitful than this Rule; for through the Corruption of Man's Nature we ſee it often happens, a prodigal Son to be born of a frugal Father, a Fool of a wiſe Man, and a Coward of a courageous Man.",
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"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "possessing or showing courage or determination",
"word": "igid"
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"word": "rəşadətli"
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"sense": "possessing or showing courage or determination",
"word": "храбър"
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"roman": "yīngyǒng",
"sense": "possessing or showing courage or determination",
"word": "英勇"
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"sense": "possessing or showing courage or determination",
"word": "勇敢"
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"word": "statečný"
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"word": "udatný"
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"word": "odvážný"
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"sense": "possessing or showing courage or determination",
"word": "heltemodig"
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"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "possessing or showing courage or determination",
"word": "heroisk"
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"sense": "possessing or showing courage or determination",
"word": "dapper"
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"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "possessing or showing courage or determination",
"word": "heldhaftig"
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "possessing or showing courage or determination",
"word": "moedig"
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"sense": "possessing or showing courage or determination",
"tags": [
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"word": "stout"
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"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "possessing or showing courage or determination",
"word": "julge"
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"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "possessing or showing courage or determination",
"word": "vapper"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "possessing or showing courage or determination",
"word": "rohkea"
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"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "possessing or showing courage or determination",
"word": "uljas"
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{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "possessing or showing courage or determination",
"word": "urhea"
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"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "possessing or showing courage or determination",
"word": "urhoollinen"
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"code": "fr",
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"sense": "possessing or showing courage or determination",
"word": "vaillant"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "possessing or showing courage or determination",
"word": "preux"
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"sense": "possessing or showing courage or determination",
"word": "valente"
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"roman": "guladi",
"sense": "possessing or showing courage or determination",
"word": "გულადი"
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"_dis1": "92 8",
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"word": "მამაცი"
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"sense": "possessing or showing courage or determination",
"word": "ვაჟკაცი"
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"word": "beherzt"
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"word": "heldenhaft"
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"sense": "possessing or showing courage or determination",
"word": "kühn"
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"word": "mannhaft"
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"word": "mutig"
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"word": "tapfer"
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"_dis1": "92 8",
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"word": "wacker"
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"roman": "andreíos",
"sense": "possessing or showing courage or determination",
"word": "ανδρείος"
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"sense": "possessing or showing courage or determination",
"word": "θαρραλέος"
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"_dis1": "92 8",
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"sense": "possessing or showing courage or determination",
"word": "τολμηρός"
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"_dis1": "92 8",
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"sense": "possessing or showing courage or determination",
"word": "bátor"
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{
"_dis1": "92 8",
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"sense": "possessing or showing courage or determination",
"word": "hősies"
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{
"_dis1": "92 8",
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"sense": "possessing or showing courage or determination",
"word": "merész"
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"sense": "possessing or showing courage or determination",
"word": "vitéz"
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"_dis1": "92 8",
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"sense": "possessing or showing courage or determination",
"word": "galach"
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"code": "ja",
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"roman": "isamashii",
"sense": "possessing or showing courage or determination",
"word": "勇ましい"
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"_dis1": "92 8",
"alt": "ゆうかんな",
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"roman": "dóblesten",
"sense": "possessing or showing courage or determination",
"word": "до́блестен"
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"roman": "hrábar",
"sense": "possessing or showing courage or determination",
"word": "хра́бар"
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"sense": "possessing or showing courage or determination",
"word": "heltemodig"
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"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
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"sense": "possessing or showing courage or determination",
"word": "قوچاق"
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"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "delir",
"sense": "possessing or showing courage or determination",
"word": "دلیر"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "horv",
"sense": "possessing or showing courage or determination",
"word": "هرو"
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{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "pl",
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"sense": "possessing or showing courage or determination",
"word": "mężny"
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"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "possessing or showing courage or determination",
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"sense": "possessing or showing courage or determination",
"word": "brav"
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{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "ro",
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"sense": "possessing or showing courage or determination",
"word": "curajos"
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{
"_dis1": "92 8",
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"sense": "possessing or showing courage or determination",
"word": "viteaz"
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"word": "до́блестный"
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"roman": "otvážnyj",
"sense": "possessing or showing courage or determination",
"word": "отва́жный"
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"_dis1": "92 8",
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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "smélyj",
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"word": "сме́лый"
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"_dis1": "92 8",
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"sense": "possessing or showing courage or determination",
"word": "хра́брый"
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"_dis1": "92 8",
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"sense": "possessing or showing courage or determination",
"word": "valiente"
},
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"sense": "possessing or showing courage or determination",
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"roman": "júnački",
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "possessing or showing courage or determination",
"word": "vitéz"
},
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"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "possessing or showing courage or determination",
"word": "galach"
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"alt": "いさましい",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "isamashii",
"sense": "possessing or showing courage or determination",
"word": "勇ましい"
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"alt": "ゆうかんな",
"code": "ja",
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"roman": "yūkan-na",
"sense": "possessing or showing courage or determination",
"word": "勇敢な"
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"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "dóblesten",
"sense": "possessing or showing courage or determination",
"word": "до́блестен"
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{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "hrábar",
"sense": "possessing or showing courage or determination",
"word": "хра́бар"
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{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "smel",
"sense": "possessing or showing courage or determination",
"word": "смел"
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{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "possessing or showing courage or determination",
"word": "heltemodig"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "possessing or showing courage or determination",
"word": "heroisk"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "possessing or showing courage or determination",
"word": "heltemodig"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "possessing or showing courage or determination",
"word": "heroisk"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "koçak",
"sense": "possessing or showing courage or determination",
"word": "قوچاق"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "delir",
"sense": "possessing or showing courage or determination",
"word": "دلیر"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "horv",
"sense": "possessing or showing courage or determination",
"word": "هرو"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "possessing or showing courage or determination",
"word": "mężny"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "possessing or showing courage or determination",
"word": "valente"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "possessing or showing courage or determination",
"word": "brav"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "possessing or showing courage or determination",
"word": "curajos"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "possessing or showing courage or determination",
"word": "viteaz"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "dóblestnyj",
"sense": "possessing or showing courage or determination",
"word": "до́блестный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "otvážnyj",
"sense": "possessing or showing courage or determination",
"word": "отва́жный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "smélyj",
"sense": "possessing or showing courage or determination",
"word": "сме́лый"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "xrábryj",
"sense": "possessing or showing courage or determination",
"word": "хра́брый"
},
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"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "possessing or showing courage or determination",
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"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "possessing or showing courage or determination",
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"word": "hrdý"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "possessing or showing courage or determination",
"word": "valiente"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "possessing or showing courage or determination",
"word": "heroisk"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "possessing or showing courage or determination",
"word": "hjältemodig"
},
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "geroičen",
"sense": "characterized by or done with bravery or valour",
"word": "героичен"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "júnački",
"sense": "characterized by or done with bravery or valour",
"word": "ју́начки"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "hérojski",
"sense": "characterized by or done with bravery or valour",
"word": "хе́ројски"
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"ref": "1639, “Ch. M.” [pseudonym; Matthew Kellison], “The Tenth Flovver of the Myrrhine Posie: Christ Crvcified: Or His Sufferances on the Crosse. […]”, in A Myrrhine Posie of the Bitter Dolovrs of Christ: His Passion, and of the Seaven VVords He Spake on the Crosse, Doway [i.e., Douai, France]: […] L. Kellam, →OCLC, page 123",
"text": "O yee Angells, yee Champions and valiants of the court of heauen, and ſtout ſoldiers of Chriſt your King, who euerie one ſingle is able to encounter and to defeat the greateſt armie that euer was ſeene on earth, where are you?",
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