stout-hearted
Americanadjective
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Etymology
Origin of stout-hearted
First recorded in 1645–55
Example Sentences
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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 ● May 21, 2019
King’s work doesn’t always happily travel through the portal connecting the page to the TV screen, but Hulu scores with an impressively stout-hearted, eight-part adaptation of “11/22/63” that begins streaming weekly episodes on Monday.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 12, 2016
Bar ice is the bane of any decent drink, melting on contact and diluting stout-hearted creations into timid shadows of their former selves.
From Time ● Mar. 1, 2013
The second tells of greedy corporations that exploit and endanger stout-hearted workers, making sure their souls are owed to the company store.
From New York Times ● Apr. 4, 2011
Or was the rough, genial, stout-hearted old major merely going along for the fun of it?
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
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