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bravery
English
Etymology
French braverie
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?b?e?v.?.?i/, /?b?e?v.?i/
Noun
bravery (usually uncountable, plural braveries)
- (usually uncountable) Being brave, courageousness.
- (countable) A brave act.
- Splendor, magnificence
- 1609, William Shakespeare, Sonnet 34:
- Why didst thou promise such a beauteous day,
- And make me travel forth without my cloak,
- To let base clouds o'ertake me in my way,
- Hiding thy brav'ry in their rotten smoke?
- In that day the Lord will take away the bravery of their tinkling ornaments about their feet, and their cauls, and their round tires like the moon
- 1609, William Shakespeare, Sonnet 34:
Synonyms
- (being brave): bravehood, braveness, courageousness, fearlessness; courage, pluck, valor; see also Thesaurus:courage
Related terms
- bravado
- brave
- bravure
Translations
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gallantry
English
Etymology
From French galanterie, equivalent to gallant +? -ry.
Noun
gallantry (countable and uncountable, plural gallantries)
- courage
- 1926, P. G. Wodehouse, 'Lord Emsworth and the Girl Friend', Penguin, Harmondsworth: 1992, p 98.
- 'I have the greatest respect for the young lady to whom you refer. She behaved on a certain recent occasion - on two recent occasions - with notable gallantry and resource, and I won't have her bally-ragged.'
- 1926, P. G. Wodehouse, 'Lord Emsworth and the Girl Friend', Penguin, Harmondsworth: 1992, p 98.
- chivalrous courtliness, especially towards women
- an instance of gallant behaviour or speech
Synonyms
- gallanthood
- gallantness
Translations
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