Adjective

(en adjective)

Of or relating to a hero or heroine; supremely noble

heroic deeds

Courageous; displaying heroism.

RAUBENHEIMER NO v TRUSTEES, JOHANNES BREDENKAMP TRUST, AND OTHERS 2006 (1) SA 124 (C) "The original cottage was said to appear on a well-known painting, dating back to 1863, of the American pirate ship, the Alabama, leaving Table Bay. It was also believed to feature in the story of the heroic Wolraad Woltemade who, in 1773, lost his life and that of his horse after valiantly saving 14 shipwrecked persons. This was said to have taken place within sight and full view of the house. The second respondent called this historical link into question, averring that the house was probably not yet built in 1773 while Woltemade's heroics were believed to have taken place in the vicinity of the Salt River mouth, some 10 km away.

Adjective

(er)

large; bulky, thickset; corpulent, fat.

(obsolete) bold, strong-minded; lusty; vigorous; robust; sinewy; muscular.

* Shakespeare

a stouter champion never handled sword

* Clarendon

He lost the character of a bold, stout , magnanimous man.

* Daniel

The lords all stand / To clear their cause, most resolutely stout .

(obsolete) proud; haughty; arrogant; hard.

* Bible, Mal. iii. 13

Your words have been stout against me.

* Latimer

Commonly they that be rich are lofty and stout .

firm; resolute; dauntless.

materially strong, enduring.

Campers prefer stout vessels, sticks and cloth.

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, title=Lord Stranleigh Abroad , chapter=4 citation , passage=Nothing could be more business-like than the construction of the stout dams, and nothing more gently rural than the limpid lakes, with the grand old forest trees marshalled round their margins … .}}

obstinate.