The Collaborative International Dictionary
Lion-hearted \Li"on-heart`ed\ (l[imac]"[u^]n*h[aum]rt`[e^]d), a.
Very brave; brave and magnanimous.
--Sir W. Scott.
Wiktionary
a. Very brave; brave and magnanimous.
Usage examples of "lion-hearted".
The destroying angel hath stood still, as of old by the threshing-floor of Araunah the Jebusite, and the blade is drawn in his hand, by which, at no distant date, Richard, the lion-hearted, shall be as low as the meanest peasant.
Govind, who bestowed on himself and his followers the title of Singh, or lion-hearted, hitherto an epithet appropriated in this connection by the Rajpoot nobility, devoted the strong energies of his vigourous and daring nature to the purpose of establishing the faith of Nanuk by force of arms.
That she, the strong-minded Amazon, the lion-hearted wielder of the sword of justice, the indomitable scorner of men should thus have been cozened, baffled, bamboozled like any groundling or village dolt was inconceivable.