lionhearted

[ lahy-uhn-hahr-tid ]

/ ˈlaɪ ənˌhɑr tɪd /

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adjective

exceptionally courageous or brave.

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Origin of lionhearted

First recorded in 1700–10; lion + hearted

OTHER WORDS FROM lionhearted

li·on·heart·ed·ly, adverbli·on·heart·ed·ness, noun

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How to use lionhearted in a sentence

Indeed, Lion Air, with 45 percent of the domestic Indonesian airline market, has swallowed the Fernandes formula whole.
Annoying Airport Delays Might Prevent You From Becoming the Next AirAsia 8501|Clive Irving|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
There is a larger reason, beyond the airlines themselves, why Lion Air and 61 other Indonesian airlines are on this black list.
Annoying Airport Delays Might Prevent You From Becoming the Next AirAsia 8501|Clive Irving|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Two Indonesian airlines, Garuda and Lion Air, have seen Fernandes eat their lunch and are only now responding.
Annoying Airport Delays Might Prevent You From Becoming the Next AirAsia 8501|Clive Irving|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The Lion Air captain had left his rookie copilot to make the landing until he realized he was in trouble.
Annoying Airport Delays Might Prevent You From Becoming the Next AirAsia 8501|Clive Irving|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST

The airplane was owned by an Indonesian budget carrier, Lion Air.
Who Will Get AsiaAir 8501’s Black Boxes?|Clive Irving|December 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The simple honest-hearted General, who knew not the guile of their hearts, was deluded into wishing them success.
Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham|Thomas T. Harman and Walter Showell
Thereafter he ran away from school twice, having been seized with a romantic and irresistible desire to see and shoot a lion!
Hunting the Lions|R.M. Ballantyne
The strength of the lion is tremendous, owing to the immense mass of muscle around its jaws, shoulders, and forearms.
Hunting the Lions|R.M. Ballantyne
The calf and the bear shall feed: their young ones shall rest together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
But his head was too hot to wear a thinking cap, and no story would come at his half-hearted call.
Rosemary in Search of a Father|C. N. Williamson

British Dictionary definitions for lionhearted

lion-hearted

adjective

very brave; courageous

Derived forms of lion-hearted

lion-heartedly, adverblionheartedness, noun

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