A Native American warrior.
A man daring beyond discretion; a bully.
Hot Braves, like thee, may fight; but know not well / To manage this, the laſt great Stake of Hell.
To encounter with courage and fortitude, to defy, to provoke.
For Cassius is aweary of the world; Hated by one he loves; braved by his brother; Checked like a bondman; all his faults observed, Set in a notebook, learned, and conned by rote, To cast into my teeth.
A surname.
A census-designated place in Greene County, Pennsylvania, United States.
From Middle French brave, borrowed from Italian bravo, itself of uncertain origin (see there). Doublet of bravo.
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Having any sort of superiority or excellence.
Is it not paſſing braue to be a King, And ride in triumph through Perſepolis?
Making a fine show or display.
Their plumed helmes are wrought with beaten golde, Their ſwords enameld, and about their neckes Hangs maſſie chaines of golde downe to the waſte, In euery part exceding braue and rich.
A challenge; a defiance; bravado.
Demetrius, thou dost overween in all; / And so in this, to bear me down with braves.
To adorn; to make fine or showy.
Face not me. Thou hast braved many men; brave not me. I will neither be faced nor braved.