poltroon

4 definitions found

poltroon - 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]

  Poltroon \Pol*troon"\, a.
     Base; vile; contemptible; cowardly.
     [1913 Webster]

poltroon - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  poltroon
      adj 1: characterized by complete cowardliness
      n 1: an abject coward [syn: poltroon, craven, recreant]

poltroon - 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