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Meanings of poltroon in English

Portuguese
medroso
Spanish
miedoso

An abject coward.

        medroso

        Poltroon.

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                Usage of poltroon in English
                1
                I am, I confess, a poltroon in my affections; I dread changes.
                The Egoist: A Comedy in Narrative
                2
                On the other hand, Burle fenced indifferently and passed for a poltroon.
                Four Short Stories By Emile Zola
                3
                But she only laughs and mocks, and calls me a little poltroon.
                The Sign of the Red Cross: A Tale of Old London
                4
                The Duke of Parma is weak, and a poltroon,-hewill not stir.
                Empress Josephine: An Historical Sketch of the Days of Napoleon
                5
                Every Englishman I ever knew was a liar, and a sneaking poltroon.
                Wolves of the Sea / Being a Tale of the Colonies from the Manusc...
                6
                Not if the ship is undermanned, and the captain a senile poltroon.
                Quicksilver
                7
                He was certainly no poltroon, but he felt that she was right.
                Four Short Stories By Emile Zola
                8
                As well ask what makes one man a Napoleon, another a poltroon.
                Hints for Lovers
                9
                The young poltroon has lost his resolution in his lovesick fever.
                The Iron Game: A Tale of the War
                10
                But ere he slept the honest man gained a victory over the poltroon.
                Roger Ingleton, Minor
                11
                I am a coward, a craven poltroon; but, God, how I love you.
                The Outlaw of Torn
                12
                Audrey condemned the door for a senile lunatic, and herself for a poltroon.
                The Lion's Share
                13
                I challenged him to fight a duel, but the poltroon would not accept.
                The Magnificent Montez: From Courtesan to Convert
                14
                If you play the poltroon, everything is over between us, Norris.
                The Governors
                15
                What a poltroon, indeed, was Narcissus beside you at that moment.
                The Book-Bills of Narcissus / An Account Rendered by Richard Le ...
                16
                No lying poltroon, but a courageous man whom you all love.
                The Chessmen of Mars
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                Portuguese
                medrosomedricas
                Poltroon through the time
                Poltroon across language varieties
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