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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024cow•ard /ˈkaʊɚd/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a person who shows a shameful lack of courage:That coward always ran away from a fight.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024cow•ard (kou′ərd),USA pronunciation n. - a person who lacks courage in facing danger, difficulty, opposition, pain, etc.;
a timid or easily intimidated person.
adj. - lacking courage;
very fearful or timid. - proceeding from or expressive of fear or timidity:a coward cry.
- Latin cauda) + -art -ard
- Old French couard-, couart cowardly, equivalent. to coue tail (
- Middle English 1175–1225
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged craven, poltroon, dastard, recreant, milksop.
Cow•ard (kou′ərd),USA pronunciation n. - Biographical Noel, 1899–1973, English playwright, author, actor, and composer.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: coward /ˈkaʊəd/ n - a person who shrinks from or avoids danger, pain, or difficulty
Etymology: 13th Century: from Old French cuard, from coue tail, from Latin cauda; perhaps suggestive of a frightened animal with its tail between its legs |