Patience is for poltroons, such as he: He durst not sit there, had your father lived.
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Poltroon
//pɑlˈtɹun//
Synonyms for "poltroon" (38 found)
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Related words (19)
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23 translations across 10 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- жалък страхливец noun (an ignoble or arrant coward)
Danish
2 entries- kryster noun (an ignoble or arrant coward)
- kujon noun (an ignoble or arrant coward)
Finnish
1 entries- lusmu noun (an ignoble or arrant coward)
French
4 entries- couard noun (an ignoble or arrant coward)
- couille molle noun (an ignoble or arrant coward)
- dégonflé noun (an ignoble or arrant coward)
- lâche noun (an ignoble or arrant coward)
Ido
1 entries- poltrono noun (an ignoble or arrant coward)
Italian
1 entries- vigliacco noun (an ignoble or arrant coward)
Polish
1 entries- tchórz noun (an ignoble or arrant coward)
Russian
1 entries- трус noun (an ignoble or arrant coward)
Spanish
4 entries- blanco noun (an ignoble or arrant coward)
- blandengue noun (an ignoble or arrant coward)
- cobarde noun (an ignoble or arrant coward)
- gallina noun (an ignoble or arrant coward)
Yiddish
1 entries- טרוס noun (an ignoble or arrant coward)
Sample sentences
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For the Devil’s a Coward in Nature, A pitiful sorry Poltroon; If you take but the Whip, he’ll give you the Slip; And before you can lash him, he’ll run.
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You damned poltroon, you never tried them!
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"To gain life by means of a breach of faith and honour, were indeed to render myself the poltroon, and the villain my accusers believe me."
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