poltroon
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pol·troon
(pŏl-trūn') 
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).
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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.Roget's Thesaurus:
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poltroon
noun
- An ignoble, uncourageous person: coward, craven, dastard, funk. Slang chicken, yellow-belly. See fear/courage.
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Poltroon
Français (French)
n. - poltron
Deutsch (German)
n. - Angsthase
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - δειλός, κιοτής, άνανδρος
Português (Portuguese)
n. - poltrão (m)
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
日本語 (Japanese)
n. - ひどい卑怯者
adj. - 卑怯な, 卑劣な
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) رعديد, جبان
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