poltroon

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[edit] English

[edit] Noun

Singular
poltroon

Plural
poltroons

poltroon (plural poltroons)

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

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[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

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