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poltroon
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. cowardly. n. An ignoble or total coward; a dastard; a mean-spirited wretch.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"A coward; a nidgit; a scoundrel" [Johnson, who spells it poltron ], 1520s, from Middle French poultron "rascal, coward" (16c., Modern French poltron ), from Italian poltrone "lazy fellow, coward," apparently from *poltro "couch, bed" (compare Milanese ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. characterized by complete cowardliness
Usage examples of poltroon.
One fellow, Lord Bennington, had the cheek to call me a whey-faced poltroon.
The preacher felt a duty being laid upon him, the duty to awaken the North to the poltroons who were leading its sons into one defeat after another.
And the poltroon compelled the brave woman to witness the execution, with the added indignity of a rope round her neck,--or as De Charlevoix much more neatly expresses it, "obligea sa prisonniere d'assister a l'execution, la corde au cou.
And no sooner had Gerard left Fleurette than he began to curse himself for a poltroon because he had not refused to part from her side.
His views on Gallipoli I regard as slightly unsound, since he makes me out at once a Cyrano, a jackass, and a poltroon.
Ackabar Anders, the starlight meanderer, profligate poltroon, feckless philanderer.