Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having a stout or brave heart: also, obstinate.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having a brave heart; courageous.
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- adjective
Bold ,resolute .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective used especially of persons
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Examples
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In a move that has a stout-hearted Cameronian ring to it, the programme offers a warm welcome to "our European teams", which conspicuously doesn't include Celtic.
Paul Lambert needs lessons in the lexicon of the football club | Harry Pearson 2011
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Abell is looking for a dozen or two stout-hearted equity players, each with $250,000 to throw into the pot.
Buying Buildings For Cash William Baldwin 2011
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Albums come and go – the latest, Valhalla Dancehall is as stout-hearted as ever – but there's not much evolving in BSP's dependable thrumming.
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Reviving in time to set out on his annual spring itineration, accompanied by the stout-hearted Ma Pangbo who had been accused of corruption along with all the rest, he found his chapels and schools closed down, his native preachers dismissed and their congregations scattered.
PEARL BUCK IN CHINA Hilary Spurling 2010
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For his quest, he built the mighty Argo and manned it with 50 stout-hearted, able-bodied men.
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Religious leaders are watching and mobilizing in this stout-hearted struggle for justice for New York City's workers.
Rev. Peter Goodwin Heltzel, Ph.D.: Justice Delayed Is Justice Denied: Why NYC's People of Faith Must Take Up the Living Wage Fight Ph.D. Rev. Peter Goodwin Heltzel 2010
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Religious leaders are watching and mobilizing in the stout-hearted struggle for justice for New York City
Rev. Peter Goodwin Heltzel, Ph.D.: Justice Delayed Is Justice Denied: Why NYC's People of Faith Must Take Up the Living Wage Fight Ph.D. Rev. Peter Goodwin Heltzel 2010
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His eyes, which had filled with tears at the sudden fall of ash, were so reddened they could have frightened off the most stout-hearted of heroes.
Much Ado About Marriage Karen Hawkins 2010
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Religious leaders are watching and mobilizing in this stout-hearted struggle for justice for New York City's workers.
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For his quest, he built the mighty Argo and manned it with 50 stout-hearted, able-bodied men.
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