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proud-hearted

proud-hearted is the alternative form of proudhearted.

Meaning of proudhearted

Adjective

proudhearted (comparative more proudhearted, superlative most proudhearted)

  1. Very proud
    • This “vicious, corrupt, and debased swarm of outcasts,” Merrick called them, would make an “honest and proudhearted” American freeman “rather die in poverty and want, than dwell among such people.”2014, John R. Van Atta, Securing the West: Politics, Public Lands, and the Fate of the Old Republic 1785-1850, →ISBN, page 221
  2. Arrogant
    • I am afraid I have been proudhearted and arrogant.2005, Sheila Carmel, Hana Wirth-Nesher, The Sheila Carmel lectures, 1994-2004, page 180

Forms of proud-hearted

comparativemore proud-hearted
superlativemost proud-hearted

Origin of proud-hearted

From Middle English proude-herted, prowd-herted, equivalent to proud + hearted.

Words formed from proud-hearted

Questions about proud-hearted

What is proud-hearted the alternative form of?
Proud-hearted is the alternative form of proudhearted.

Words near proud-hearted in the dictionary

  1. proud as Lucifer
  2. proud as Punch
  3. Proud Boy
  4. Proud Boys
  5. proud flesh
  6. proud-hearted
  7. proud-heartedly
  8. proud-heartedness
  9. proud-stomached
  10. proude
  11. prouder

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