| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | val·iant |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  v l y nt |
| ADJECTIVE: | 1. Possessing valor; brave. 2. Marked by or done with valor. See synonyms at brave. | | NOUN: | A brave person. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English, from Old French vaillant, from Latin val ns, valent-, present participle of valre, to be strong. See wal- in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | valian·cy, valiance, valiant·ness —NOUN
valiant·ly —ADVERB
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