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Significados de recreant en inglés

portugués
apóstata
catalán
apòstata

A disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc.

apóstata
portugués
medroso
español
miedoso

An abject coward.

miedoso
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Examples for "poltroon"
Examples for "poltroon"
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...

Lacking even the rudiments of courage; abjectly fearful.

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Having deserted a cause or principle.

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Uso de recreant en inglés
1
The recreant or the dreamer complains that he has no real chance.
It Can Be Done: Poems of Inspiration
2
A conspirator who wanted to be safe was a recreant in disguise.
The Greek View of Life
3
I were false and recreant if I went not to their assistance.
The Red Axe
4
Only by being recreant to every sentiment of honor, gratitude and humanity.
A Daughter of Fife
5
The magistrates were recreant to their trust, he has performed their functions.
Napoleon the Little
6
Take it, or I proclaim you recreant knights and vanquished, every one!
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
7
Oh, Haco, that indeed were to be the traitor and the recreant!
Harold : the Last of the Saxon Kings — Volume 12
8
Because we are all recreant Americans; recreant to the principles of our ancestors.
Sketches from Concord and Appledore / Concord thirty years ago; ...
9
I am a recreant, I know;-butyet I think that I was right.
He Knew He Was Right
10
Pausanias replied, Dogs fear the steady eye and spring at the recreant back.
Pausanias, the Spartan; The Haunted and the Haunters / An Unfini...
11
He was Striving with his recreant memory for the words that came after:
The Lure of the Dim Trails
12
We will show the young recreant how promises are kept in Durham County.
Grisly Grisell; Or, The Laidly Lady of Whitburn: A Tale of the W...
13
He whom thou hast called recreant knight, has been Saxon host.
Harold : the Last of the Saxon Kings — Volume 12
14
Well, my loves, we must enjoy our breakfasts, even without the recreant Loftus.
The Honorable Miss: A Story of an Old-Fashioned Town
15
Yield therefore as defeated, and a recreant knight, or thou shall surely die.
The Legends of King Arthur and His Knights
16
For to distrust one's impulses is to be recreant to Pan.
Virginibus Puerisque, and Other Papers
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Recreant a través del tiempo
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