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lionhearted

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li·on·heart·ed  (ln-härtd)
adj.
Extraordinarily courageous.
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Adj.1.lionhearted - extraordinarily courageous
brave, courageous - possessing or displaying courage; able to face and deal with danger or fear without flinching; "Familiarity with danger makes a brave man braver but less daring"- Herman Melville; "a frank courageous heart...triumphed over pain"- William Wordsworth; "set a courageous example by leading them safely into and out of enemy-held territory"
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lionhearted
adj → unerschrocken, furchtlos


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