n.

A base coward: “Every moment of the fashion industry's misery is richly deserved by the designers . . . and magazine poltroons who perpetuate this absurd creation” (Nina Totenberg).

[French poltron, from Old Italian poltrone, coward, idler, perhaps augmentative of poltro, unbroken colt (from Vulgar Latin *pulliter, from Latin pullus, young animal) or from poltro, bed, lazy.]

poltroonery pol·troon'er·y n.

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noun

An ignoble, uncourageous person: coward, craven, dastard, funk. Slang chicken, yellow-belly. See fear/courage.

mean pusillanimity: cowardice

IN BRIEF: A despicable coward.

The villain in the novel was a liar and a poltroon.

Dansk (Danish)
n. - kujon

Nederlands (Dutch)
lafaard

Français (French)
n. - poltron

Deutsch (German)
n. - Angsthase

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - δειλός, κιοτής, άνανδρος

Italiano (Italian)
codardo

Português (Portuguese)
n. - poltrão (m)

Русский (Russian)
трус

Español (Spanish)
n. - cobarde

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - pultron, kruka

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
懦夫, 胆小鬼

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 懦夫, 膽小鬼

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 비겁한 사람, 겁쟁이

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - ひどい卑怯者
adj. - 卑怯な, 卑劣な

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) رعديد, جبان‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮פחדן‬

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