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Definition of poltroon in English Turkish dictionary
- korkak adam
- tabansız
- alçaklık
- {i} namert
- namert kimse
- alçak adam
- poltroonerykorkaklık
- namertlik
- {i} ödlek
- {i} korkak
- archaic poltroon
- muhallebi çocuğu
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Definition of poltroon in English English dictionary
- 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.
- An ignoble or total coward; a dastard; a mean-spirited wretch
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..
- {n} a coward, scoundrel, bird
- An arrant coward; a dastard; a craven; a mean-spirited wretch
- Base; vile; contemptible; cowardly
- an abject coward
- An ignoble or arrant coward; a dastard; a craven; a mean-spirited wretch
- {i} coward, timid person, wimp
- characterized by complete cowardliness
- an abject coward characterized by complete cowardliness
- poltroons
- plural of poltroon
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poltroon
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pol·troonPronunciation
Etymology
[ päl-'trün ] (noun.) circa 1529. Middle French poultron, from Old Italian poltrone, probably akin to poltro colt, ultimately from Latin pullus young of an animal; more at FOAL.Resimler
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