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Synonyms for valor

Grammar : Noun
Spell : val-er
Phonetic Transcription : ˈvæl ər

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Définition of valor

Origin :
  • c.1300, "value, worth," from Old French valour "strength, value, valor," from Late Latin valorem (nominative valor) "value, worth," from stem of Latin valere "be worth, be strong" (see valiant). The meaning "courage" is first recorded 1580s, from Italian valore, from the same Late Latin word. (The Middle English word also had a sense of "worth or worthiness in respect of manly qualities").
  • noun bravery
Example sentences :
  • Yet what can I say, for all men know that your valor needs the curb and not the spur.
  • Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • Celerity, valor, endurance, they were his iridescent neck and tail feathers.
  • Extract from : « The Cavalier » by George Washington Cable
  • He was the mightiest man of valor in that same day of this our life, stalwart and stately.
  • Extract from : « Beowulf » by Anonymous
  • The ruler of Tripoli was abashed by this display of American energy and valor.
  • Extract from : « Harper's Young People, August 3, 1880 » by Various
  • And valor—except of the imaginative brand—was not Issy's strong point.
  • Extract from : « The Depot Master » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • These Spaniards had learned their lesson of valor in the north, and they had learned it well.
  • Extract from : « A Short History of Spain » by Mary Platt Parmele
  • I know of nothing finer in history than these incidents of valor and patriotism.
  • Extract from : « Masterpieces of Negro Eloquence » by Various
  • Prussian valor and discipline in handling the needle-gun had won on the field.
  • Extract from : « Charles Carleton Coffin » by William Elliot Griffis, D. D.
  • "I'm grateful for their certificate of valor," I answered lightly.
  • Extract from : « The Pirate of Panama » by William MacLeod Raine
  • What was not possible to valor was accomplished by trickery.
  • Extract from : « Peter the Hermit » by Daniel A. Goodsell

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