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Meaning of stoutheartedness | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

  1. Courage, pluck, boldness.
  2. Resoluteness, fortitude, dauntlessness.

Examples

“Horatius, on duty when the enemy attacked, displayed a stoutheartedness unmatched by his companions. He kept them from running away by promising to hold off the enemy while they destroyed the bridge behind him.”
“In a vacant gesture the foreman began making rounds during breakfast, glad-handing the men as they sulked over their porridge and coffee, reminding them of their fortitude and stoutheartedness.”
“The oak (Quercus pedunculata and Q. sessiliflord) our national tree is an emblem of British stoutheartedness and of the British constitution ; which like the tree has continued longer than most of its fellows.”

CEFR level

C2
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