Coward
11coward — [n] person who is scared, easily intimidated alarmist, baby*, caitiff, chicken*, chicken heart*, chicken liver*, craven, cur, dastard, deserter, faintheart, faint of heart, fraidy cat*, funk, gutless*, invertebrate*, jellyfish*, lily liver,… …
12coward — ► NOUN ▪ a person contemptibly lacking in courage. DERIVATIVES cowardice noun cowardliness noun cowardly adjective. ORIGIN Old French couard, from Latin cauda tail , perhaps with reference to an animal with its tail between its legs …
13Coward — [kou′ərd] Sir Noel (Pierce) 1899 1973; Eng. playwright, actor, and songwriter …
14coward — 01. The other kid called him a [coward] for refusing to fight. 02. He would never complain to the boss about anything; he s too much of a [coward]. 03. Bullies are often actually [cowards] because they usually pick on someone smaller and weaker… …
15coward — In Act One of Ben Jonson’s The Alchemist, when Face and Subtle are having a slanging match, Subtle calls his housekeeper ‘Cow herd!’ Perhaps Jonson himself, and his audience, assumed that this was the original form of ‘coward’, though… …
16Coward — This famous English surname is curiously connected with bravery, and the opposite of what it may appear to imply. It is occupational, and a development of the Olde English pre 7th century cu weard meaning a cattle guard. In the ancient times the… …
17coward — cow·ard (kou’ərd) n. ▸ One who shows ignoble fear in the face of danger or pain. ╂ [Middle English, from Old French couard, from coue, tail, from Latin cauda.] cow’ard adj. Word History: A coward is one who turns tail. The word comes from Old… …
18Coward — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Noël Coward. Coward Album par Made Out of Babies Sortie 2006 Enregistrement Electrical Audio, Chicago, IL …
19Coward — 1) Someone without courage. On the battlefield, the thegn was expected to fight and, if necessary, die with his lord one reason for the loss of so many of the AS nobility, or comitatus, at Hastings, in 1066. Cowardice was the lowest of qualities… …
20coward — noun VERB + COWARD ▪ brand sb, call sb, label sb ▪ He was branded a coward in some newspapers …
