Definition of "valorous"

this present booke compyled by virgyle ryght subtyl and Ingenyous oratour & poete Intytuled Eneydos hath be translated oute of latyn in to comyn langage In whiche may alle valyaunt prynces and other nobles see many valorous fayttes of armes.

c. 1490, William Caxton (translator), The Boke of Eneydos, Westminster, Preface

[…] he esteems himself happy that he hath fallen into the hands of one, as he thinks, the most brave, valorous, and thrice-worthy signieur of England.

1599, William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, [Act IV, scene iv]

[…] I shall be at York—at the head of my daring and valorous fellows, as ready to support any bold design as thy policy can be to form one.

1820, Walter Scott, Ivanhoe; a Romance. […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co. […]

He held up the glass. “To your valorous wounds. To the silver medal.”

1929, Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms‎, New York: Scribner, Book I, Chapter 10, p. 70

There are many valorous stories told of her, which enthral grown men as well as children.

2004, Andrea Levy, chapter 12, in Small Island‎, London: Review, page 139