DCHP-1 Online
brave [< Cdn F] 
1 n. a male Indian, especially a warrior.
- 1844 He says he will sing his own death song; that he is the son of a warrior, and he will die like a brave.
- 1958 Cameras clicked and whirred as the colorfully garbed chiefs, braves and squaws advanced. . . .
- 1964 But a brave from the Tobacco Plains . . . killed him. . . .
2 n. Rare a young male Eskimo.
- 1936 He was glad when he saw the whip taken up by a dusky-skinned brave beside him.
3 n. (usually ironic) any warrior.
- 1870 The massing of Fenian braves along the frontier commenced on Monday. . . .
- 1935 The braves from the East had not counted on this.
- 1844 He says he will sing his own death song; that he is the son of a warrior, and he will die like a brave.