poltroon

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
poltroon
    adj 1: characterized by complete cowardliness
    n 1: an abject coward [syn: {poltroon}, {craven}, {recreant}]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Poltroon \Pol*troon"\, n. [F. poltron, from It. poltrone an idle
   fellow, sluggard, coward, poltro idle, lazy, also, bed, fr.
   OHG. polstar, bolstar, cushion, G. polster, akin to E.
   bolster. See {Bolster}.]
   An arrant coward; a dastard; a craven; a mean-spirited
   wretch. --Shak.
   [1913 Webster]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Poltroon \Pol*troon"\, a.
   Base; vile; contemptible; cowardly.
   [1913 Webster]
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
21 Moby Thesaurus words for "poltroon":
      arrant coward, base, caitiff, chicken, coward, craven, dastard,
      dastardly, dunghill, dunghilly, funk, funker, gutless,
      lily-livered, poltroonish, pusillanimous, quitter, recreant, sneak,
      spunkless, unmanly
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