courageous

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

COURAGEOUS, adjective Brave; bold; daring; intrepid; hardy to encounter difficulties and dangers; adventurous; enterprising. Be thou strong and courageous Joshua 1:7.
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