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valour(dictionary)

valour (iou)



valour noun. Also *valor. ME.
[Old French valour (mod. valeur value) from late Latin valor, from valere be strong: see -OUR, -OR.]
I. Worth or importance deriving from personal qualities or rank; worth or worthiness in respect of prowess in arms or battle. ME-L16.
The quality of character which enables a person to face danger with boldness or fortitude; courage, bravery, esp. in battle. L16.
J. Morley Revealed the valour and godliness of Puritanism. New York Review of Books Such military virtues as blind obedience and battlefield valor.
A brave or valorous person. Also (chiefly iron.) as a title. arch. E17.
C. Kingsley How..came your valour thither?
II.
Worth or merit of a thing as regards utility, desirability, etc. Cf. VALUE noun 5. ME-M17.
R. Carpenter We compare his works being of infinite valour with our works.
The value of a thing; the amount in money etc. that something is worth. ME-E19.
P. Holland Send presents..to the valour of two thousand Asses.
The duration, amount, extent, etc., of (so much). rare. E17-E19.
= POWER noun 11, 12. L17-E19.