Value; worth. [Obs.] "The valor of a penny." Sir T. More.
Strength of mind in regard to danger; that quality which enables a man to encounter danger with firmness; personal bravery; courage; prowess; intrepidity. For contemplation he and valor formed. Milton. When valor preys on reason, It eats the sword it fights with. Shak. Fear to do base, unworthy things is valor. B. Jonson.
A brave man; a man of valor. [R.] Ld. Lytton.
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