Poltroon Definition

Poltroon Definition-Noun
Singular poltroon Plural poltroons
1. An ignoble or arrant coward; a dastard; a craven; a mean-spirited wretch.
Translations
* Spanish: cobarde es(es) m. and f.
Adjective
poltroon
1. Cowardly
Quotations
* 1926 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. – T. E. Lawrence, Seven Pillars of Wisdom
(2)noun
1. a wretched coward; craven.
–adjective
2. marked by utter cowardice.
Origin:
1520–30; earlier pultrowne, pultron, poultroone < MF poultron < OIt poltrone idler, coward, deriv. of poltro foal < VL *pulliter, deriv. of L pullus young animal;
(3)poltroon
Noun
Obsolete a complete coward [Old Italian poltrone lazy good-for-nothing]

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