lionheart
See also: Lionheart
English
Etymology
From lion + heart, perhaps from Richard the Lionheart.
Noun
lionheart (plural lionhearts)
- A brave, heroic person.
- 2008 February 17, Nicholas D. Kristof, “The World’s Worst Panderer”, in New York Times:
- But the United States Congress tends to be a courage-free zone, so Mr. McCain’s orneriness toward Republican primary voters makes him a lionheart in the political world.
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