Definition of "lionhearted" [lionhearted]

• Extraordinarily courageous. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Gilad Shalit was much on my mind until the miracle of his release to lionhearted parents who spent four years in a tent outside the Prime Minister's office until their son was returned to them."
• "The lionhearted lawnmower man, who drove away drug dealers in his neighborhood by cleaning up the vacant lots they claimed."
• "Do you think the newly awakened lionhearted people are going to be frightened by an official hat?"