poltroon

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Noun 1.1.1 Translations 1.2 Adjective 1.2.1 Quotations 1.3 References

[edit] English

[edit] Noun

poltroon (plural poltroons)

1. An ignoble or arrant coward; a dastard; a craven; a mean-spirited wretch.

[edit] Translations

• Spanish: cobarde m. and f.

[edit] Adjective

poltroon

1. Cowardly

[edit] Quotations

• 1926 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. - T. E. Lawrence, Seven Pillars of Wisdom

[edit] References

• poltroon in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913