redoubted
[ri-dou-tid]
- dreaded; formidable.
- respected; renowned.
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Origin of redoubted
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What could his puny sword do against the most redoubted blade in Christendom?
BurlesquesWilliam Makepeace Thackeray
Such was the outward appearance of the chief of the redoubted Igazipuza.
The Luck of Gerard RidgeleyBertram Mitford
I gave Byron a beautiful dagger mounted with gold, which had been the property of the redoubted Elfi Bey.
Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume V (of 10)John Gibson Lockhart
Amazed at his presumption was the redoubted knight, whom he had thus defied to mortal combat.
Here, then, was the dwelling-place of that redoubted enemy of our house whom fate seemed to have ordained as our persecutor.
Willing to DieJoseph Sheridan Le Fanu