valiant

Meanings

Adjective

• Possessing or showing courage or determination; brave, heroic.
• Characterized by or done with bravery or valour.

Noun

• A person who acts with valour, showing hero-like characteristics in the midst of danger.

Origin

• From Middle English vailaunt, from Anglo-Norman vaillaunt, vaylant, and Old French vailant, vaillant, from the present participle of valoir, from Latin valēre, the present active infinitive of valeō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁-.