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Webster 1913 Edition
Poltroon
Pol-troon′
,Noun.
[F.
poltron
, from It. poltrone
an idle fellow, sluggard, coward, poltro
idle, lazy, also, bed, fr. OHG. polstar
, bolstar
, cushion, G. polster
, akin to E. bolster
. See Bolster
.] An arrant coward; a dastard; a craven; a mean-spirited wretch.
Shak.
Pol-troon′
,Adj.
Base; vile; contemptible; cowardly.
Webster 1828 Edition
Poltroon
POLTROON'
,Noun.