Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913
Courageous
Cour·a′geous (k?r-?′j?s), a. [F. courageux.] Possessing, or characterized by, courage; brave; bold.
With this victory, the women became most courageous and proud, and the men waxed . . . fearful and desperate. Stow.
Syn. — Gallant; brave; bold; daring; valiant; valorous; heroic; intrepid; fearless; hardy; stout; adventurous; enterprising. See Gallant.