Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913 Doughty /(dou"ty̆)/ · Dough·ty · IPA /ˈdaʊti/ 01 a. Able; strong; valiant; redoubtable; as, a doughty hero. 1. Able; strong; valiant; redoubtable; as, a doughty hero. “Sir Thopas wex [grew] a doughty swain.” — Chaucer. “Doughty families, hugging old musty quarrels to their hearts, buffet each other from generation to generation.” — Motley.