Definition of Coward

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Coward

Borne in the escutcheon with his tail doubled between his legs; -- said of a lion.

Destitute of courage; timid; cowardly.

Belonging to a coward; proceeding from, or expressive of, base fear or timidity.

A person who lacks courage; a timid or pusillanimous person; a poltroon.

To make timorous; to frighten.

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Coward Quotations

A coward is much more exposed to quarrels than a man of spirit.
Thomas Jefferson

A coward is incapable of exhibiting love; it is the prerogative of the brave.
Mohandas Gandhi

Timothy McVeigh was a coward. Violence is the stupid way out. It'll discredit any real legitmate movement.
Glenn Beck

Battle is the most magnificent competition in which a human being can indulge. It brings out all that is best; it removes all that is base. All men are afraid in battle. The coward is the one who lets his fear overcome his sense of duty. Duty is the essence of manhood.
George S. Patton

A dog barks when his master is attacked. I would be a coward if I saw that God's truth is attacked and yet would remain silent.
John Calvin

That man is not truly brave who is afraid either to seem or to be, when it suits him, a coward.
Edgar Allan Poe

It is vain for the coward to flee; death follows close behind; it is only by defying it that the brave escape.
Voltaire

The coward only threatens when he is safe.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

I'm a hero with coward's legs.
Spike Milligan

You cannot be a hero without being a coward.
George Bernard Shaw

Coward Translations

coward in German is Feigling, Feigling {m}, Angsthase {m}
coward in Norwegian is feiging
coward in Spanish is cobarde
coward in Swedish is feg, pultron, feg, kujon, stackare

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