poltroon

poltroon

poltroon (plural poltroons)

1. An ignoble or total coward; a dastard; a mean-spirited wretch.
   • 1842, Nicholas Michell, The Traduced: An Historical Romance?, page 266-267

     ""To gain life by means of a breach of faith and honour, were indeed to render myself the poltroon, and the villain my accusers believe me.""

poltroon (comparative more poltroon, superlative most poltroon)

1. Cowardly
   • 1926, T. E. Lawrence, Seven Pillars of Wisdom

     Accordingly, to excuse our deliberate inactivity in the north, we had to make a show of impotence, which gave them to understand that the Arabs were too poltroon to cut the line near Maan and keep it cut.

	vigliacco
	an ignoble or arrant coward

Altri significati:

Cowardly

An ignoble or total coward; a dastard; a mean-spirited wretch.

Traduzione 'veloce'

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