Coward

Coward - Other Definitions

• (a.) Borne in the escutcheon with his tail doubled between his legs; -- said of a lion.
  
  
• (a.) Destitute of courage; timid; cowardly.
  
  
• (a.) Belonging to a coward; proceeding from, or expressive of, base fear or timidity.
  
  
• (n.) A person who lacks courage; a timid or pusillanimous person; a poltroon.
  
  
• (v. t.) To make timorous; to frighten.
  
  
• (a.) Wanting courage; basely or weakly timid or fearful; pusillanimous; spiritless.
  
  
• (a.) Proceeding from fear of danger or other consequences; befitting a coward; dastardly; base; as, cowardly malignity.
  
  
• (adv.) In the manner of a coward.