Brave

brāv, adj. daring, courageous: noble: finely dre ed, showy, handsome (Scot. Braw ): a general word for excellent, capital.— v.t. to meet boldly: to defy.— n. ( obs. ) a bully, a hired a a in: a brave soldier, esp. among the North American Indians: ( arch. ) bravado: ( arch. ) bravo.— adv. Brave′ly (Scot. Braw′ly ), excellently, well.— n. Brav′ery , courage: heroism: finery, showy dre . [Fr. brave ; It. and Sp. bravo ; prob. from Celt., as in Bret. brag a , to strut about, Gael. breagh , fine. See Brag .]