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proudhearted

adj

Etymology

From Middle English proude-herted, prowd-herted, equivalent to proud + hearted.

  1. inherited from proude-herted

Definitions

  1. Very proud

    • This “vicious, corrupt, and debased swarm of outcasts,” Merrick called them, would make an “honest and proudhearted” American freeman “rather die in poverty and want, than dwell among such people.”

  2. Arrogant

    • I am afraid I have been proudhearted and arrogant.

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