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English Dictionary: courageous by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
courageous
adj
  1. possessing or displaying courage; able to face and deal with danger or fear without flinching; "Familiarity with danger makes a brave man braver but less daring"- Herman Melville; "a frank courageous heart...triumphed over pain"- William Wordsworth; "set a courageous example by leading them safely into and out of enemy-held territory"
    Synonym(s): brave, courageous
    Antonym(s): cowardly, fearful
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Courageous \Cour*a"geous\ (k?r-?"j?s), a. [F. courageux.]
      Possessing, or characterized by, courage; brave; bold.
  
               With this victory, the women became most courageous and
               proud, and the men waxed . . . fearful and desperate.
                                                                              --Stow.
  
      Syn: Gallant; brave; bold; daring; valiant; valorous; heroic;
               intrepid; fearless; hardy; stout; adventurous;
               enterprising. See {Gallant}.
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