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strong-heartedness

strong-heartedness is the alternative form of strongheartedness.

Meaning of strongheartedness

Noun

strongheartedness (uncountable)

  1. Resilience, endurance.
    • As Cooper pointed out, among the foremost of the nineteenth-century Gros Ventre character ideals were "strongheartedness" and the ability to "bear and forgo."1987, Loretta Fowler, Shared Symbols, Contested Meanings: Gros Ventre Culture and History, 1778-1984, →ISBN, page 52
  2. Courage, bravery.
    • And desertion was noticeably worse among soldiers of lower classes than it was among those of moderate and superior means. But there were, of course, innumerable instances of strongheartedness among the humblest of Rebs.2002, Michael Barton, Larry M. Logue, The Civil War Soldier: A Historical Reader, →ISBN, page 302

Origin of strong-heartedness

From Middle English stronghartydnes, equivalent to strong-hearted + -ness.

Questions about strong-heartedness

What is strong-heartedness the alternative form of?
Strong-heartedness is the alternative form of strongheartedness.

Words near strong-heartedness in the dictionary

  1. strong-handed
  2. strong-handedly
  3. strong-handedness
  4. strong-hearted
  5. strong-heartedly
  6. strong-heartedness
  7. strong-minded
  8. strong-mindedly
  9. strong-mindedness
  10. strong-water
  11. strong-waters

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