redoubted
Americanadjective
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dreaded; formidable.
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respected; renowned.
Etymology
Origin of redoubted
1375–1425; late Middle English, past participle of redouten to fear, dread. See redoubtable, -ed 2
Example Sentences
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XI By this, to valiant Gelfrat his boatman's death was known; Swift-wing'd are evil tidings; the news as soon had flown To the redoubted Elsy; sore griev'd thereat were both.
From The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition by Unknown
The fourth shall be Sir Dankwart that redoubted knight.
From The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition by Unknown
So these three rode on towards the camp of the most redoubted and redoubtable General Cabrera.
From The Firebrand by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett
Thus did new France rush into collision with the redoubted warriors of the Five Nations.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" by Various
"Rise—rise!" commanded Brunhild, addressing the two girls, who, at the sight of the redoubted Queen, had fallen on their knees at the threshold of the door near the merchant.
From The Branding Needle, or The Monastery of Charolles A Tale of the First Communal Charter by Eugène Sue
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