Definition of Poltroon. Meaning of Poltroon. Synonyms of Poltroon

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Definition of Poltroon

Poltroon
Poltroon Pol*troon", a. Base; vile; contemptible; cowardly.
Poltroon
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.

Meaning of Poltroon from wikipedia

- Poltroon was an event horse ridden[when?] by American rider Torrance Watkins. Poltroon and Torrance competed at the 1980 Olympics in Moscow winning a bronze...
- invited him to be her teaching ****istant, and this led to the founding of Poltroon Press. She wrote a doctoral thesis on American designer Will Bradley, which...
- an anti-Stalinist, a communist believer and a cynic, a self-publicizing poltroon and a crusty philanthropist, a trouble-maker and a peacemaker, a stimulating...
- "Potty little lovers' quarrel my left eyeball. She called me a lily-livered poltroon. And a sl****it timorous cowering beastie." The poem was alluded to in Ben...
- courage, and was worthy to command; but that Richard, that coxcomb and poltroon, was surely the basest fellow alive; what is become of that fool?" Cromwell...
- have firearms – the arms of a coward, as they said, for they enable the poltroon to kill the brave without awaiting his attack." The tension between Cetshwayo...
- have firearms – the arms of a coward, as they said, for they enable the poltroon to kill the brave without awaiting his attack." Even though their fire...
- wrote in 1555: "Yet seeing a footman, a child, a beast,/ a rascal, a poltroon made a cardinal / for having taken care of a monkey well, / a Ganymede...
- the arrest in person. It was alleged that the queen exclaimed, "Go you poltroon. Go and pull those rogues out by the ears, or never see my face again";...
- to degrade my manhood, and to stain my soul. I will not be a liar, a poltroon, or a hypocrite, to accommodate any party, to gratify any sect, to escape...