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doughty

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dough·ty  (dout)
adj. dough·ti·er, dough·ti·est
Marked by stouthearted courage; brave.
[Middle English, from Old English dohtig; see dheugh- in Indo-European roots.]
doughti·ly adv.
doughti·ness n.
doughty [ˈdaʊtɪ]
adj -tier, -tiest
hardy; resolute
[Old English dohtig; related to Old High German toht worth, Middle Dutch duchtich strong, Greek tukhē luck]
doughtily  adv
doughtiness  n
Doughty [ˈdaʊtɪ]
n
(Biographies / Doughty, Charles Montagu (1843-1926) M, English, WRITING: writer, TRAVEL AND EXPLORATION: traveller) Charles Montagu. 1843-1926, English writer and traveller; author of Travels in Arabia Deserta (1888)
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doughty
adjective (Old-fashioned) intrepid, brave, daring, bold, hardy, heroic, courageous, gritty, fearless, resolute, gallant, valiant, redoubtable, dauntless, valorous, stouthearted doughty campaigns for the underprivileged
Translations
doughty [ˈdaʊtɪ] ADJ (doughtier (compar) (doughtiest (superl))) [person] → valiente, esforzado; [deed] → hazañoso
doughty
adj (liter) → kühn, tapfer
doughty [ˈdaʊtɪ] adj (-tier (comp) (-tiest (superl))) (old) → valoroso/a
doughty [ˈdaʊtɪ] adj (-tier (comp) (-tiest (superl))) (old) → valoroso/a


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He was a doughty warrior and found a deep joy in battle.
A Tramp Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context
WHILE Captain Bonneville and his men are sojourning among the Nez Perces, on Salmon River, we will inquire after the fortunes of those doughty rivals of the Rocky Mountains and American Fur Companies, who started off for the trapping grounds to the north-northwest.
The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U.S.A., in the Rocky Mountains and the far West by Irving, Washington View in context
---a meet conveyance for the crusader, whose doughty arm was to reconquer the Holy Sepulchre
Ivanhoe by Scott, Walter View in context
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