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coward
UK /ˈkaʊəd/ US /ˈkaʊəd/
adj 2noun 1verb 1name 1
Definitions
noun
1
A person who lacks courage.
Near-synonyms: big baby, baby
Cowards dye many times before their deaths, / The valiant neuer taſte of death but once: […]
adj
1
Cowardly.
It is a coward and servile humour, for a man to disguise and hide himselfe under a maske, and not dare to shew himselfe as he is.
c. 1605, William Shakespeare, King Lear, Act II, Scene 4, He rais’d the house with loud and coward cries.
2
Borne in the escutcheon with his tail doubled between his legs.
verb
1
To intimidate.
The first he coped with was their captain, whom / His sword sent headless to seek out a tomb. / This cowarded the valour of the rest, […]
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