What does "poltroon" mean?

An ignoble or total coward; a dastard; a mean-spirited wretch.

What is a synonym for "poltroon"?

Common synonyms include: craven, arrant coward, base, caitiff, chicken, chicken.

/pɑlˈtɹun/ adj, noun

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Noun

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
an abject coward wordnet

Adjective

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

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

From Middle French poltron, from Italian poltrone.