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Definition of Intrepid
1. Adjective. Invulnerable to fear or intimidation. "Intrepid pioneers"
Similar to: Bold
Derivative terms: Audaciousness, Audacity, Braveness, Dauntlessness, Fearlessness, Fearlessness, Intrepidity
Definition of Intrepid
1. a. Not trembling or shaking with fear; fearless; bold; brave; undaunted; courageous; as, an intrepid soldier; intrepid spirit.
Definition of Intrepid
1. Adjective. Fearless; bold; brave. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Intrepid
1. fearless [adj] - See also: fearless
Lexicographical Neighbors of Intrepid
Literary usage of Intrepid
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of the People of the United States: From the Revolution to the by John Bach McMaster (1892)
"The ketch intrepid, the same in which Decatur made his attack on the Philadelphia,
... About eight in the evening the intrepid got under way, and, ..."
2. The Pictorial Book of Anecdotes and Incidents of the War of the Rebellion by Richard Miller Devens (1866)
"intrepid Conduct of Two Drummer Two drummer boys of the Tenth Connecticut
Volunteers, while off duty, and while Gillmore was pounding Fort Wagner, ..."
3. The Annals of Tennessee to the End of the Eighteenth Century: Comprising Its by James Gettys McGready Ramsey (1853)
"The natives were warlike and intrepid, harassed the camp of Narvaez by day and
night, and compelled him to leave it. His march was beset by hordes of ..."
4. The Library of American Biography by Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress), Jared Sparks (1846)
"Decatur sails in the intrepid, accompanied by the Siren. — Arrival off Tripoli.
... Batteries open on the intrepid. — Escapes without Injury. ..."
5. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1887)
"From the depth of his inaccessible retreat the intrepid primate waged an incessant
and offensive war against the protector of the Arians; and his seasonable ..."
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