Dictionary entry

Courageous

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Cour‐a″geous (k?r–?″j?s), a. [F. courageux.] Possessing, or characterized by, courage; brave; bold.

With this victory, the women became most courageous and proud, and the men waxed... fearful and desperate.

Stow.

Syn. — Gallant; brave; bold; daring; valiant; valorous; heroic; intrepid; fearless; hardy; stout; adventurous; enterprising. See Gallant.