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ˈvæl yəntvaliant

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. valiant, valorousadjective

    having or showing valor

    "a valiant attempt to prevent the hijack"; "a valiant soldier"

Wiktionary

  1. valiantadjective

    Showing courage or determination; heroic.

  2. Etymology: vailant, from valens, from valere 'to be strong'.

ChatGPT

  1. valiant

    Valiant refers to showing or possessing courage, determination, or bravery, especially in difficult or challenging situations. It can also describe actions or behavior that are boldly heroic or impressively noble.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Valiantadjective

    vigorous in body; strong; powerful; as, a valiant fencer

  2. Valiantadjective

    intrepid in danger; courageous; brave

  3. Valiantadjective

    performed with valor or bravery; heroic

  4. Etymology: [OE. valiant, F. vaillant, OF. vaillant, valant, originally p. pr. of OF. & F. valoir to be worth, L. valere to be strong. See Wield, and cf. Avail, Convalesce, Equivalent, Prevail, Valid.]

Wikidata

  1. Valiant

    Valiant is a 2005 British computer-animated film produced by Vanguard Animation and Odyssey Entertainment, and released by Entertainment Film Distributors in the United Kingdom on March 25, 2005 and by Walt Disney Pictures in the United States on August 19, 2005. Set in May of the year 1944, it tells the story of a group of war pigeons during World War II. Reviews of Valiant were mixed and largely poor. The film is based on a story by Jordan Katz, George Webster, and George Melrod, and inspired by true stories of hundreds of pigeons that helped the soldiers in the war. At the end of the film, it says that of the 54 Dickin Medals awarded to animals, 32 of them went to pigeons.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Valiant

    val′yant, adj. strong: brave: intrepid in danger: heroic.—n. (obs.) a valiant person.—ns. Val′iance, Val′iancy.—adv. Val′iantly, bravely.—n. Val′iantness, courage. [Fr. vaillant—L. valens, valentis, pr.p. of valēre, to be strong.]

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer

  1. valiant

    Personally brave, fearless of danger in war, etc.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. VALIANT

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Valiant is ranked #66553 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Valiant surname appeared 297 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Valiant.

    69% or 205 total occurrences were White.
    23.2% or 69 total occurrences were Black.
    2.6% or 8 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    2.6% or 8 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of valiant in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of valiant in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of valiant in a Sentence

  1. William Shakespeare:

    Cowards die many times before their deathsThe valiant never taste of death but once.

  2. Kristhielee Caride:

    It is human to err, also it's the valiant who remember their errors and want to move forward being the example of a real woman, holding the head high before all adversity that happens in life.

  3. Devin Sproston:

    Our hearts are heavy, and our thoughts and prayers are with Airman Posana's family and friends with deepest condolences for this irreplaceable loss, we thank our brother and sister Coast Guardsmen for their valiant efforts in locating our wingman and doing their absolute best through their search efforts.

  4. Julius Caesar:

    Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once.

  5. David Rosen:

    It is particularly important that experts from the leading Holocaust memorial institutes in Israel and the United States objectively evaluate as best as possible the historical record of that most terrible of times -- to acknowledge both the failures as well as the valiant efforts made during the period of the systematic murder of six million Jews.

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