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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Poltroon \Pol*troon"\, noun [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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Poltroon \Pol*troon"\, adjective Base; vile; contemptible; cowardly.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
poltroon
adjective: characterized by complete cowardliness
noun: an abject coward [syn: {craven}, {recreant}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
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
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