Sekirov Dictionary

coward

UK /ˈkaʊəd/US /ˈkaʊɚd/

noun 1
adjective 2
verb 1
forms 5

noun1

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a person who is too afraid to face danger or do something difficult
- Cowards dye many times before their deaths, / The valiant neuer taste of death but once: […] — 1599

adjective2

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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. — 1603
Borne in the escutcheon with his tail doubled between his legs.

verb1

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(no longer used) 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, […] — 1820

forms

cowarded · cowarding · cowards · more coward · most coward

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