About The Word Dastard
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Dastard
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What's The Definition Of Dastard?
[n] a malicious coward
Synonyms | Synonyms for Dastard: Related Terms | Find terms related to Dastard: See Also | coward Dastard In Webster's Dictionary \Das"tard\, n. [Prob. from Icel. d[ae]str exhausted.
breathless, p. p. of d[ae]sa to groan, lose one's breath; cf.
dasask to become exhausted, and E. daze.]
One who meanly shrinks from danger; an arrant coward; a
poltroon.
You are all recreants and dashtards, and delight to
live in slavery to the nobility. --Shak.
\Das"tard\, a. Meanly shrinking from danger; cowardly; dastardly. ``Their dastard souls.'' --Addison. \Das"tard\, v. t. To dastardize. [R.] --Dryden. |
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