poltroon
[noun]
Synonyms: coward, chicken, craven, dastard, funk, funker, quitter, yellowbelly
[adjective]
Synonyms: cowardly, chicken, coward, craven, gutless, lily-livered, poltroonish, pusillanimous, spunkless, unmanly

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poltroon noun

1. a coward (= a person who lacks courage)
   Word Originearly 16th cent.: from French poltron, from Italian poltrone, perhaps from poltro ‘sluggard’.

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