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lion-heart
†a. A heart like that of a lion, i.e. brave, courageous; in quot. 1665 with pun on hart.
b. A lion-hearted, courageous person; commonly used to translate Cœur de Lion, the traditional appellation of Richard I of England.
1665Dryden Ind. Emperor i. ii, My lion-hart is with love's toils beset. 1682Otway Venice Preserved iii. ii, Oh! I could tell a Story would rouze thy Lion-Heart out of its Den. 1832Tennyson Margaret iii, What songs..The lion-heart, Plantagenet, Sang looking thro' his prison bars? 1872Ruskin Eagle's Nest §240 The Christian chivalry which was led in England by the Lion-Heart, and in France by Roland, and in Spain by the Cid. |