c. 1300, "value, worth," from Old French valor, valour "valor, moral worth, merit, courage, virtue" (12c.), from Late Latin valorem (nominative valor) "value, worth" (in Medieval Latin "strength, valor"), from stem of Latin valere "be strong, be worth" (see valiant). The meaning "courage" is first recorded 1580s, from Italian valore, from the same Late Latin word. (The Middle English word also had a sense of "worth or worthiness in respect of manly qualities").
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1. With characteristic rashness and valor ,Peter plunged into the icy water.
彼が慣れ親しんだ衝動と勇気で、ピーターは冷たい水の中に頭を突っ込んだ。
2.Fortitude is distinct from valor .
粘り強さは勇猛さとは異なる。
3.The captain is always boasting of his military valor .
大尉はいつも陣前の勇を自慢している。
4.The king knighted the soldier for his valor .
国王はその軍人の勇敢さからジャズとして封じられた。
5.Frequently banality is the better parts of valor .