Dictionary Entry

doughty

Part of Speech: nounPronunciation: [ˈdʌʊ̯ɾi]Used In Literature ↓

A person who is bold or brave.

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Common Phrases

street doughty. doughtydeeds doughtychampion doughtyold doughtywarrior doughtydoughty thomasdoughty charles

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Poetry examples for “doughty”

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Chloe stepped in, and kill'd him with a frown;
She smiled to see the doughty hero slain,
But, at her smile, the beau revived again.

Aye, for ever, a lasting life's-blast,
Delight mid the doughty.
Days little durable,

And there will be Douglasses doughty,
New christening towns far and near;

And frae Glenkens cam to our aid
A chief o’ doughty deed;
In case that worth should wanted be,

Some day I'll build (more ruggedly than Doughty)
A dark tremendous song you'll never hear.

Forth from thy hovel door thou Ethiopia com'st to me,
As under doughty Sherman I march toward the sea.)

When the muir-men win their hay,
The doughty earl of Douglas rode
Into England, to catch a prey.

There's doughty Cuddy in the Heugh-head,
Thou was aye gude at a' need: