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

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

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

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

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

Freedom itself was attacked this morning by a faceless coward, and freedom will be defended.
George W. Bush

Luck is everything... My good luck in life was to be a really frightened person. I'm fortunate to be a coward, to have a low threshold of fear, because a hero couldn't make a good suspense film.
Alfred Hitchcock

The brave man inattentive to his duty, is worth little more to his country than the coward who deserts in the hour of danger.
Andrew Jackson

I know you are here to kill me. Shoot, coward, you are only going to kill a man.
Che Guevara

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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