Doughty \ [dou-tee]

Adjective - doughtier, doughtiest.

1. steadfastly courageous and resolute; valiant.

Quote

... [Charles Dickens] made the same assurances to her lawyer, whom she had

already consulted, and did what he had promised, transforming Miss Mowcher into

a doughty fighter for virtue in later chapters.

.....Claire Tomalin, Charles Dickens: A Life, 2011

Origin

Doughty traces to the Old English dohtig meaning "worthy."

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