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Definition of valorous :
Possessing or exhibiting valor; brave; courageous; valiant; intrepid.
Synonyms:
lionhearted, mettlesome, audacious, plucky, stout, greathearted, manful, game, gutty, spunky, fortitudinous, doughty, gutsy, undauntable, manly, fear
brave (part of speech: adjective)
brave, stouthearted, dauntless, unafraid, valiant, bold, chivalrous, hardy, stalwart, undaunted, gallant, defiant, intrepid, confident, courageous, fearless
virtuous (part of speech: adjective)
good, pure, unsullied, taintless, virtuous, faultless, decent, moral, unspotted, angelical, upstanding, heroic, noble, guiltless, clean, respectable, estimable, uncorrupted, honorable, ethical, high-minded, worthy, creditable, blameless, righteous
Usage examples:
- In the presence of an overflowing treasury, it would be a public scandal to do less for those whose valorous service preserved the government. - "A History of the Republican Party", George Washington Platt.
- Do not, in the name of Allah, O my Padishah, said he, have so valorous a young man beheaded! - "Hero Tales and Legends of the Serbians", Woislav M. Petrovitch.
- On reaching the door, and finding it closed, the countenances of all drooped; but one of them, more valorous than the rest, and prompted by the bystanders, gave a loud pull at the bell. - "Gossip in the First Decade of Victoria's Reign", John Ashton.