stout-hearted
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- stout-heartedly adverb
- stout-heartedness noun
Etymology
Origin of stout-hearted
First recorded in 1645–55
Example Sentences
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“The whole history of the Americas stems from the Four Voyages of Columbus; and as the Greek city-states looked back to the deathless gods as their founders, so today a score of independent nations and dominions unite in homage to Christopher the stout-hearted son of Genoa, who carried Christian civilization across the Ocean Sea.”
Game of Thrones’ most stout-hearted characters sit on the king-appointment council now, but it’s easy enough to imagine that, within a generation, they’ll revert to the status quo where the power-hungry rule.
From Slate
The winged Shadows were not seen again that day, yet ever and anon, high above the city, a faint cry would come, and many who heard it would stand stricken with a passing dread, while the less stout-hearted quailed and wept.
From Literature
Britain and America, the stout-hearted good guys, the countries that don’t turn their backs on Europe or those in need.
From The Guardian
There’s even a snippet of obscure scat singer Shooby Taylor’s early-1980s oddity “Stout-Hearted Men.”
From Washington Post
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