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Poltroon

//pɑlˈtɹun// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Cowardly.

    "Accordingly, to excuse our deliberate inactivity in the north, we had to make a show of impotence, which gave them to understand that the Arabs were too poltroon to cut the line near Maan and keep it cut."

Adjective
  1. 1
    characterized by complete cowardliness wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    An ignoble or total coward; a dastard; a mean-spirited wretch.

    "Patience is for poltroons, such as he: He durst not sit there, had your father lived."

  2. 2
    an abject coward wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle French poltron, from Italian poltrone.

Etymology 2

From Middle French poltron, from Italian poltrone.

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