What does "coward" mean?
Coward: Destitute of courage; timid; cowardly. Fie, coward woman, and soft-hearted wretch. Shak.
Additional senses
- 2.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.
- 3.A person who lacks courage; a timid or pusillanimous person; a poltroon. A fool is nauseous, but a coward worse. Dryden.
- 4.To make timoroys; to frighten. [Obs.] That which cowardeth a man's heart. Foxe.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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