Obs. [a. F. bravoure, ad. It. bravura bravery, f. bravo BRAVE. (North’s braveur was a mistaken form, app. after grandeur, hauteur, etc.).] Valor, bravery, spirit; bravado.
1695. Whether Parl. be not dissolved, &c. 57. The People want bravour to push the Defence of their Liberties.
a. 1734. North, Lives, III. 226. He carried himself with a sort of braveur against cold. Ibid., Exam. (1740), 555. Ibid., 572.
