8 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]: Coward \Cow"ard\, noun A person who lacks courage; a timid or pusillanimous person; a poltroon. A fool is nauseous, but a coward worse. --Dryden. Syn: Craven; poltroon; dastard. From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]: Coward \Cow"ard\ (kou"?rd), adjective [OF. couard, coard, coart, noun and adjective, F. couard, fr. OF. coe, coue, tail, F. queue (fr. L. coda, a form of cauda tail) + -ard; orig., short-tailed, as an epithet of the hare, or perh., turning tail, like a scared dog. Cf. {Cue}, {Queue}, {Caudal}.] 1. (Her.) Borne in the escutcheon with his tail doubled between his legs; -- said of a lion. 2. Destitute of courage; timid; cowardly. Fie, coward woman, and soft-hearted wretch. --Shak. 3. Belonging to a coward; proceeding from, or expressive of, base fear or timidity. He raised the house with loud and coward cries. --Shak. Invading fears repel my coward joy. --Proir. From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]: Coward \Cow"ard\, verb (used with an object) To make timorous; to frighten. [Obs.] That which cowardeth a man's heart. --Foxe. From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: coward noun 1: a person who shows fear or timidity 2: English dramatist and actor and composer noted for his witty and sophisticated comedies (1899-1973) [syn: {Noel Coward}, {Sir Noel Pierce Coward}] From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 33 Moby Thesaurus words for "coward": Milquetoast, Scaramouch, baby, big baby, caitiff, chicken, chicken liver, craven, dastard, fraid-cat, fraidy-cat, funk, funker, gutless, invertebrate, jellyfish, lily liver, lily-livered, milksop, mouse, poltroon, poltroonish, pusillanimous, quitter, recreant, scaredy-cat, sissy, spunkless, unmanly, weak sister, weakling, white feather, white liver From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]: COWARD, noun One who in a perilous emergency thinks with his legs. From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: Coward, SC (town, FIPS 17215) Location: 33.97215 N, 79.74830 W Population (1990): 532 (211 housing units) Area: 8.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 29530 From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]: Coward, SC -- U.S. town in South Carolina Population (2000): 650 Housing Units (2000): 263 Land area (2000): 3.423126 sq. miles (8.865856 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.006545 sq. miles (0.016951 sq. km) Total area (2000): 3.429671 sq. miles (8.882807 sq. km) FIPS code: 17215 Located within: South Carolina (SC), FIPS 45 Location: 33.975560 N, 79.747097 W ZIP Codes (1990): 29530 Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Coward, SC Coward

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