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Definition of Poltroon
1. Adjective. Characterized by complete cowardliness.
2. Noun. An abject coward.
Definition of Poltroon
1. n. An arrant coward; a dastard; a craven; a mean-spirited wretch.
2. a. Base; vile; contemptible; cowardly.
Definition of Poltroon
1. Noun. An ignoble or total coward; a dastard; a mean-spirited wretch. ¹
2. Adjective. Cowardly ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Poltroon
1. a base coward [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Poltroon
Literary usage of Poltroon
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Treasury of Knowledge and Library Reference by Samuel Maunder (1853)
"poltroon! According to Suetonius, in Vit. August, c. 24, a Roman knight, ...
We use poltroon to signify a dastardly fellow, without considering the import ..."
2. A Reply to the Calumnies of the Edinburgh Review Against Oxford: Containing by Edward Copleston (1810)
"... as a holy poltroon, " who vilifies God " and Kings, by carefully averting from
them the ... poltroon ..."
3. Westchester County, New York, During the American Revolution by Henry Barton Dawson (1886)
"... in that Army, too often, afforded a resting-place for the name and the fame
of a coward and poltroon.2 In the instances now under consideration, ..."
4. Leaves from a Word-hunter's Note-book: Being Some Contributions to English by Abram Smythe Palmer (1876)
"... THE WORDS ' DUPE ' ' DOTTEREL '—' DUNCE' ' COWARD '—' poltroon? ETC. IN most
languages the type of a fool or simpleton has been sought amongst the race ..."
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