Poltroon
11poltroon — Synonyms and related words: arrant coward, base, caitiff, chicken, coward, craven, dastard, dastardly, dunghill, dunghilly, funk, funker, gutless, lily livered, poltroonish, pusillanimous, quitter, recreant, sneak, spunkless, unmanly …
12poltroon — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. cad; dastard, craven, coward. See cowardice. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. deserter, dastard, recreant; see coward , weakling . III (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun An ignoble, uncourageous person: coward,… …
13poltroon — pol|troon [ pal trun ] noun count LITERARY OLD FASHIONED a COWARD …
14poltroon — pol·troon || pÉ‘l truËn /pÉ’l n. coward, timid person, wimp …
15poltroon — [pɒl tru:n] noun archaic or literary an utter coward. Derivatives poltroonery noun Origin C16: from Fr. poltron, from Ital. poltrone, perh. from poltro sluggard …
16poltroon — n. Coward, dastard, craven, milksop, mean wretch, skulk, recreant, sneak …
17poltroon — noun (C) old use a coward …
18poltroon — n coward, dastard, craven, recreant, Archaic. caitiff, Archaic. niddering, man with the white feather, lily livered or white livered coward, craven coward; yellowbelly, mouse, baby, big baby, wheyface, invertebrate, Inf. jellyfish, backbone of… …
19poltroon — pol·troon …
20poltroon — pol•troon [[t]pɒlˈtrun[/t]] n. 1) a wretched coward; craven 2) marked by utter cowardice • Etymology: 1520–30; < MF poultron < early It poltrone idler, coward, der. of poltro foal < VL *pulliter, der. of L pullus young animal; see foal… …
