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Proud

adjective

(compar. prouder; superl. proudest)

Feeling self-respect or pleasure in something by which you measure your self-worth; or being a reason for pride. "Proud of his accomplishments" , "A proud moment" , "Proud to serve his country" , "A proud name" , "Proud princes"

Having or displaying great dignity or nobility. Synonyms: gallant, lofty, majestic. "Lofty ships" , "Majestic cities" , "Proud alpine peaks"

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... for a night attack was thereupon laid and committed to Bayard and Kilpatrick. Our instructions were conveyed to us in a whisper. A beautiful moonlight fell upon the scene, which was as still as death; and with a proud determination the two young cavalry chieftains moved forward to the night's fray. Bayard was to attack on the main road in front, but not until Kilpatrick had commenced operations on their right ...

— Three Years in the Federal Cavalry • Willard Glazier

... As the actual time required to make a change has not often been recorded, it may be worth mentioning that it took Mr. Wicking thirteen years to put a clean white head on an almond tumbler's body, "a triumph," says another fancier, "of which he may be justly proud."[461] ...

— The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Volume II (of 2) • Charles Darwin

... human ancestry must hide its diminished head before the pedigree of this insignificant shell-fish. We Englishmen are proud to have an ancestor who was present at the Battle of Hastings. The ancestors of Terebratulina caput serpentis may have been present at a battle of Ichthyosauria in that part of the sea which, when the chalk was forming, flowed over the site of Hastings. While all around ...

— Young Folks' Library, Volume XI (of 20) - Wonders of Earth, Sea and Sky • Various

... I am not too proud to plead for my people," retorted Regis, flushing with anger. "Never in all the history of Darkover has a Hastur stood before ...

— The Planet Savers • Marion Zimmer Bradley

... Catholic, and was undoubtedly honest in the declaration, which he made in that unlucky letter which Burnet ferreted out on the Continent, that he was prepared to make large steps to build up the Catholic Church in England, and, if necessary, to become a martyr in her cause. He was proud, austere, and self-willed. In the treatment of his enemies he partook of the cruel temper of his time. He was at once ascetic and sensual, alternating between the hair-shirt of penance and the embraces of Catharine Sedley. His situation was one of the most difficult and embarrassing ...

— The Complete Works of Whittier - The Standard Library Edition with a linked Index • John Greenleaf Whittier

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